The Miracle Book: A Simple Guide to Asking for the Impossible

by Anthony DeStefano

Overview

At some point everyone needs a miracle.

It might involve your health, your finances, your family, or feelings of anxiety or hopelessness. But there comes a time when all of us experience the need for supernatural help, whether we have faith or not.

Numerous books have been written on miracles, but few explain in clear, practical, theologically sound language how to ask for one.

So many people in the world are suffering but don’t know how to receive help. Some beg and plead with God. Some negotiate, promising that they will change their ways if only He will grant them this one request. But then, if their request is not answered in the way they desire, they lose faith or get angry or sink into despair.

There is a better way.

There is a method of praying for a miracle that guarantees the best possible chance of getting a yes from God — or at least alleviation of our stress and satisfaction for our souls.

Bestselling author Anthony DeStefano explains this powerful new approach and, in the process, relates exactly how to overcome your fears and to experience “the peace that transcends all understanding.”

Through his conversational style, compelling real-life stories, and wisdom, DeStefano explains:

• How your prayers can help obtain miracles for yourself and others
• Ways in which friends and loved ones can help you obtain your miracle
• How to open your heart to receive “courage infusions” to persevere in trials and overcome fear
• Ways in which the providential power of paradox can help you obtain the miracle you need
• How to put all God’s “conditions” for granting a miracle in one powerful prayer

If you need a miracle right now, this is the book for you. Included inside these covers is the Miracle Prayer, inspirational verses on miracles and hope, and a list of key intercessors for various needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781644134351
Publisher:	Sophia Institute Press
Publication date:	06/17/2025
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Anthony DeStefano is the bestselling author of thirty Christian books for adults and children, with works published in eighteen countries and twelve languages. His books have earned endorsements from notable figures such as Tony Robbins, Quincy Jones, Kathie Lee Gifford, Eric Metaxas, and the late President Jimmy Carter. A frequent guest on national media platforms, DeStefano has also hosted two television series on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN).DeStefano is a native New Yorker who attended Stuyvesant High School, where his English teacher, Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes), inspired his passion for writing. His first children’s picture book, Little Star, began as a classroom assignment for McCourt and decades later became a bestseller.

Editorial Reviews

2025-07-16
DeStefano’s treatise asks why God bestows miracles upon some believers, but not others.

The author, who is Catholic, offers a book that’s primarily directed at fellow Christians with its exploration the concept of miracles. For the author, the existence of miracles, which Jesus performed in the Bible, is a given; in the age of miracles, which DeStefano defines as the period when the early Apostles founded the Christian church, such occurrences were “everyday realities. Healings, raising of the dead, exorcisms, divine interventions, and miraculous signs weren’t the exceptions; they were the rule.” Today, he says, the faithful have troubled hearts and minds, and he addresses their doubts with admirable integrity, as when he recounts the anguish of an unspecified church whose congregation spent weeks praying for a 6-year-old child with a diagnosed terminal illness: “They whipped themselves into a kind of spiritual-emotional frenzy. They were convinced with 100 percent certitude that this little girl was going to be cured.” The child died, leaving the congregation devastated and wondering why the Lord let it happen. To answer readers who, like himself, believe in a just God, DeStefano examines the nature of human desires and free will, arguing that most miracles occur in the course of everyday life, engineered by God’s invisible hand. He also provides accounts of what he characterizes as bona fide modern miracles. Most interestingly, he devotes several chapters to describing what he believes should be a Christian attitude toward miracles, especially in desperate times, as when tragedies occur. The result is a useful primer for religious readers on how to approach miracles and pray for them—believing in God’s omnipotence yet accepting God’s will.

A passionately argued work for Christian readers on an enduring topic of discussion.

Kirkus Reviews