In January of 1900, the little daughter of a poor farmer in Waas (a Belgian region) had a fall which inflicted a frightful wound in her head; the blood flowed so much and so strongly that she fainted. The doctor who was summoned recognized the seriousness of the case at once and declared the wound fatal. After great efforts they succeeded in restoring the unfortunate little girl to consciousness, but she was not able to speak more than a few incoherent words, and continually cried on account of the pain. It was heartbreaking to witness the despair of the parents; at the bedside of their beloved child they could only cry and lament.

"You see," the wife said to her husband, who had given up the practice of his Catholic faith, "it is God Who has punished us!"

At this reproach, the husband only bowed his head and sobbed. In the meantime, a good girl of the neighborhood came in and handed the unhappy mother a small piece of Father Paul’s scapular, saying, "Wrap this little relic in a bandage and place it on the forehead of your child. Let us then pray to Father Paul for your daughter." (Fr. Paul of Moll was a Benedictine monk of Flanders, who had recently died in 1896. He was known for his great miracles, powerful prayers, and unshaken devotion to St. Benedict.)

The parents followed this advice with the result that the little one became quiet and silent for a quarter of an hour. Then she awoke with a start and cried out: "Mama! Mama! Call Papa at once, I am cured! A holy religious came and cured me! I don’t feel any more pain."

The father came to the bedside of his child, who said to him, "Father, will you now go to church and to confession? A holy religious came to cure me."

The father, full of emotion and weeping for joy, replied, "Yes, my child, I shall go to confession."

"Very well, Father, then we will go church together and thank the good God."

On the following Saturday, the farmer, his wife, and their little daughter, who was now quite well, went together to church, to the great astonishment and edification of the people of the village.