Joe Mulvihill’s Story

I have never been a smoker, but I've heard from many people over the years how hard it is to quit. Some do manage to break their nicotine addiction, using various methods like going cold turkey or reading Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking, even using hypnotherapy. But one man from Killarney used the power of prayer to help him stop. It was to Kathleen he prayed. And she listened.

Joe Mulvihill was a life-long chain smoker who had recently started to suffer from chest and shoulder pains. He knew it was his body telling him to give up on the cigarettes. He tried all the usual fixes, nicotine patches and gum, e-cigarettes. None of them eased his craving. Then he started to pray to Kathleen.

He carried her Prayer card with him in his wallet and every time he got a craving for nicotine, he took out the Prayer card and prayed. Each time he went to reach for a cigarette, he said in his own words, “Something was holding me back. All the doctor's bottles of pills and antibiotics didn't do what Kathleen did for me. I owe my cure to her. From the first time I saw a picture of Kathleen, I believed in her. August 2016 was the last time I smoked and now all my pains are gone, thanks to this 'Little Saint' of Achill.”