Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton lived from 1774 to 1821, a convert to the Catholic belief, Ms. Seton was the founder of the Sisters of Charity organization in America. In addition, Elizabeth was the first person born in the United States to be canonized and honored as a Saint. Whereas, a number of miracles, religious signs and symbols have been named after the Saint in what has become known as The Seton Miracles.
One of the individuals which was treated and cured by Ms. Seton was that of Anne Theresa O'Neil whom was diagnosed with a fatal form of leukemia at the age of four. It was the acceptable and credible cure which Elizabeth treated Anne with which placed the woman in Sainthood. Sainthood which began in 1975 when Ms. Seton was canonized and officially made a Saint by Pope Paul VI.
The miracles which acquired the honor of being named after the Saint are numerous. At the same time, there are skeptics whom believe these miracles have been nothing less than hoaxes created by the Catholic church for shock and awe. Whereas, those whom have been present when a statue wept, or a priest whom has the signs of the stigmata would most likely opt to disagree.
Some of the most popular and well known miracles include weeping statues, statues turning different colors, beautiful fragrances such as roses, changing colors in rosaries, blessings, healings and other supernatural events. In one case, the Our Lady of Medjugorje was seen weeping at a Knights of Columbus meeting in 1992. Whereas, these other incidents were often repeated in different areas between 1991 through late 1993.
All in all, there have been hundreds of statues in numerous locations which have been reported to weep. In addition, there have also been reports of pictures with moving images and crucifixes which bleed. One of the most interesting of these miracles is that of the stigmata which effected Father Jim about a month after having witnessed an Our Lady of Statue weep at the family home the previous Thanksgiving.
While being pressed for more information, the parishioner whom reported the incidents indicated that someone else had provided the information. Upon hearing this, the staff member went to the rectory to inform Father Bruse. At which time, the priest explained that the weeping began with an Our Lady of Grace statue the previous Thanksgiving while the stigmata wounds appeared about a month after the incident with the statue.
During the conversation between the staff member and Father Bruse regarding these events, a rather small Madonna statue made of plastic sitting on the credenza began to cry. In this case, with water flowing rapidly from the eyes down across the cheekbones, the term crying was the only possible term which could be used to explain the experience. Whereas, most other statues had been reported as weeping in the past.
There have been reports of over 2 dozen icons made of different materials which have been seen weeping around the world. In addition, there have been some enclosed in glass cases which have appeared to weep. In particular, there were some in a glass case in the rectory at the church in Virginia which appeared to weep when Father Jim was visiting for a church dinner.
One of the individuals which was treated and cured by Ms. Seton was that of Anne Theresa O'Neil whom was diagnosed with a fatal form of leukemia at the age of four. It was the acceptable and credible cure which Elizabeth treated Anne with which placed the woman in Sainthood. Sainthood which began in 1975 when Ms. Seton was canonized and officially made a Saint by Pope Paul VI.
The miracles which acquired the honor of being named after the Saint are numerous. At the same time, there are skeptics whom believe these miracles have been nothing less than hoaxes created by the Catholic church for shock and awe. Whereas, those whom have been present when a statue wept, or a priest whom has the signs of the stigmata would most likely opt to disagree.
Some of the most popular and well known miracles include weeping statues, statues turning different colors, beautiful fragrances such as roses, changing colors in rosaries, blessings, healings and other supernatural events. In one case, the Our Lady of Medjugorje was seen weeping at a Knights of Columbus meeting in 1992. Whereas, these other incidents were often repeated in different areas between 1991 through late 1993.
All in all, there have been hundreds of statues in numerous locations which have been reported to weep. In addition, there have also been reports of pictures with moving images and crucifixes which bleed. One of the most interesting of these miracles is that of the stigmata which effected Father Jim about a month after having witnessed an Our Lady of Statue weep at the family home the previous Thanksgiving.
While being pressed for more information, the parishioner whom reported the incidents indicated that someone else had provided the information. Upon hearing this, the staff member went to the rectory to inform Father Bruse. At which time, the priest explained that the weeping began with an Our Lady of Grace statue the previous Thanksgiving while the stigmata wounds appeared about a month after the incident with the statue.
During the conversation between the staff member and Father Bruse regarding these events, a rather small Madonna statue made of plastic sitting on the credenza began to cry. In this case, with water flowing rapidly from the eyes down across the cheekbones, the term crying was the only possible term which could be used to explain the experience. Whereas, most other statues had been reported as weeping in the past.
There have been reports of over 2 dozen icons made of different materials which have been seen weeping around the world. In addition, there have been some enclosed in glass cases which have appeared to weep. In particular, there were some in a glass case in the rectory at the church in Virginia which appeared to weep when Father Jim was visiting for a church dinner.
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