A nun in the small town of Gower, Missouri, USA passed away and was buried 4 years ago. Her convent recently opened her coffin and found her body intact, with no signs of decay and her face as peaceful as sleeping. Many devotees believed this to be a miracle and made pilgrimages to the monastery.
Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died in May 2019 at the age of 95, the Catholic News Agency reported.
According to custom, the abbot and other nuns will move her body to the chapel inside the convent this month for final resting place. But when they opened the coffin, instead of seeing her skeleton, they found her body showed no signs of decomposition, only a layer of mold.
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The nun at the convent said that not only was her body intact, but that the items buried with her such as the crown, rosary and cross, as well as the robe she was wearing were still intact. when she was brought into the coffin.
The Abbot said that this is a masterpiece of God. "We need hope right now. We need it. Our Lord knows this. She is a testament to hope and faith."
"God is real. He protected her body and mantle to advance our faith and bring people back to it ," she said.
She added: "Let's hope. God is still there. He still hears our prayers. He still listens. He still loves us."
- A nun is praying. (Shutterstock)
According to Catholic tradition, the body of a cleric that has not decomposed for many years is a symbol of holiness. To date there have been more than a hundred such cases in the Catholic Church.
After learning that Sister Lancaster's body had not decomposed, crowds of devotees flocked to the convent to see her remains and witness miracles, including residents from other states from around the world. far to. Some believers refer to her as the "miracle of Missouri" or the "Holy Maiden".
Mary Lou Enna, an 86-year-old woman from nearby Kansas City, said it was a wonderful thing. "I started crying when I looked at her and I knew it was true and it meant so much to me."
"It was a great miracle," said Joe Schultz, who drove 8.5 hours from Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and children .
KSHB TV reported that the convent used to have fewer than 20 visitors a day, but now has an average of more than 100 visitors a day after word spread that Sister Lancaster's body was still intact.
According to Ly Minh - Epochtimes
Translated by Thanh Huong