Apparition At Knock
Intro
Apparitions are remarkable, unexpected appearances of someone, most commonly Mary. This report presents information on the apparitions of Rue du Bac in Paris, Knock in Ireland, and La Salette in France. These apparitions have taken place within the past 200 years.
Para 1- Rue du Bac, Paris
On 18 July, 1830, Mary appeared to Catherine Labouré. Twenty-four year old Catherine was a novice sister who saw Mary late at night in a chapel in the convent Rue du Bac, Paris. She was escorted to the chapel by someone she later found out to be her guardian angel. She then saw Mary descend down the altar steps and sit on the spiritual director's chair. Mary told Catherine that she had a mission for her and warned her of bad times that were to come. …show more content…
The two apparitions took place in the same evening and only lasted three hours. On Thursday 21, 1879, two women from Knock, Mary McLoughlin and Mary Beirne were walking home in the rain when they passed by the local church. Against the wall stood the Virgin Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist and an altar with a lamb and a cross on it. There were several angels flying around the altar. The two women called others to the church and they too saw the apparition. They described what they saw as a beautiful woman, clothed in white garments, wearing a crown and her hands were raised in prayer. Other villagers that weren't involved in the apparition reported seeing a bright, white light illuminating the church. A series of cures happened after this apparition. Ten days after, a young, deaf girl was given the gift of hearing. By the end of 1880, 300 miracles and cures had been recorded in the diary of the parish priest. The Knock Apparition is different to other apparitions for a number of reasons. One reason is that usually only Mary appears. Another reason is the lack of verbal message. Usually Mary comes with a warning or mission. Another factor that makes this apparition different is the number of people that experienced the apparition, usually no more than five people experience one. There were thirteen people involved in this apparition. The final difference is the duration of the apparition. Apparitions usually happen several times, but this one happened once for only two hours. These differences have made people doubt that the apparition in Knock ever took
Apparitions are remarkable, unexpected appearances of someone, most commonly Mary. This report presents information on the apparitions of Rue du Bac in Paris, Knock in Ireland, and La Salette in France. These apparitions have taken place within the past 200 years.
Para 1- Rue du Bac, Paris
On 18 July, 1830, Mary appeared to Catherine Labouré. Twenty-four year old Catherine was a novice sister who saw Mary late at night in a chapel in the convent Rue du Bac, Paris. She was escorted to the chapel by someone she later found out to be her guardian angel. She then saw Mary descend down the altar steps and sit on the spiritual director's chair. Mary told Catherine that she had a mission for her and warned her of bad times that were to come. …show more content…
The two apparitions took place in the same evening and only lasted three hours. On Thursday 21, 1879, two women from Knock, Mary McLoughlin and Mary Beirne were walking home in the rain when they passed by the local church. Against the wall stood the Virgin Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist and an altar with a lamb and a cross on it. There were several angels flying around the altar. The two women called others to the church and they too saw the apparition. They described what they saw as a beautiful woman, clothed in white garments, wearing a crown and her hands were raised in prayer. Other villagers that weren't involved in the apparition reported seeing a bright, white light illuminating the church. A series of cures happened after this apparition. Ten days after, a young, deaf girl was given the gift of hearing. By the end of 1880, 300 miracles and cures had been recorded in the diary of the parish priest. The Knock Apparition is different to other apparitions for a number of reasons. One reason is that usually only Mary appears. Another reason is the lack of verbal message. Usually Mary comes with a warning or mission. Another factor that makes this apparition different is the number of people that experienced the apparition, usually no more than five people experience one. There were thirteen people involved in this apparition. The final difference is the duration of the apparition. Apparitions usually happen several times, but this one happened once for only two hours. These differences have made people doubt that the apparition in Knock ever took