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23 May - Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Puente Viesgo, Pas-Miera
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23 May - Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Puente Viesgo, Pas-Miera,
Cantabria, Spain
https://anastpaul.com/2021/05/23/the-solemnity-of-pentecost-virgen-de-gracia-virgin-of-grace-aes-spain-1575-and-memorials-of-the-saints-23-may/
On 23 May, 1575, as widow María Saínz de Quijano prayed the rosary
while watching sheep on Hediilla Mountain, she saw the Virgin appear :
“with such great splendour that I didn’t dare look at Her Majesty and
she said I should ask the Curate of the town to build a Chapel in that
spot and place an image of the Virgin of Grace and one of St Lawrence,
in the new Chapel.“
To Maria’s objection that people would not believe her, the Virgin
answered that she would make them believe. When the woman started to
get up, she found she could not and stayed there, calling for her
daughter Juana. Some neighbours passing bym found Juana, who carried
her mother home on her back. María asked Juana to get the local
Priest. She told him what had happened and he then told his superior,
the Vicar of the valley, who dismissed it with a laugh, saying the
shepherdess must have been dreaming. A few days later the Vicar passed
through that place with his servant, who said, “Sir, they say the
Virgin recently appeared to a woman in this spot.” The Vicar laughed
again and was suddenly blinded. The servant led him home. In fear and
remorse, the Vicar dictated a letter to the Archbishop, asking him to
order construction of the Chapel so that he would regain his sight.
The Archbishop ordered workers to begin cutting wood for construction.
They cut some from high on the mountain and some from lower down, at
the apparition site. But they couldn’t move the wood from the heights,
although they moved that from the lower site easily.
Carmen González Echegaray, citing records in the National Archives of
Spain, doesn’t say whether the Visionary and the Vicar recovered but
presumably they were among the first to receive the graces of the
Virgin of Aés.
The Chapel has been rebuilt and renovated several times over the
centuries, most recently in 1993. An annual procession to the mountain
Shrine outside the village of Aés on 23 May, the apparition
anniversary, draws participants from the entire valley. There are no
acceptable images of the Chapel or the procession available.
Saint Quote:
And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and
then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me!
The infinite goodness with which God communicates with us, sinners as
we are, should constantly make us love and serve Him better; but we,
on the contrary, instead of seeing in his goodness an obligation to
please Him, convert it into an excuse for sin which will of a
certainty lead in the end to our deeper condemnation.
--St. Catherine of Genoa
Bible Quote:
: "I was gazing into the visions of the night, when I saw, coming on
the clouds of heaven, as it were a son of man. He came to the One most
venerable and was led into his presence. On him was conferred rule,
honor and kingship, and all peoples, nations and languages became his
servants. His rule is an everlasting rule which will never pass away,
and his kingship will never come to an end." Daniel 7:13-14
<><><><>
STORMING HEAVEN
I have one foot in Heaven dear Jesus,
So don't think of slamming the door!
My arms are quite loaded with graces;
Please don't say that I'll need much more!
I could ransom my soul with a good heart,
Or the souls that I've tried to bring You.
I could gather the Prayers, the hard knocks,
The sparse wares—
But would that be enough to please You?
In my hand there's an earthly visa
Signed by Mary and dear Saint Theresa.
They had told me—it's true,
That whatever I do,
Do with love, and it's sure to please you!
So I'll plead my cause once more—
Won't You please Jesus, open the door?
My soul may have been weak with sin,
But that all changed when I let You in!
So those doors will be opened wide—
I'll see all Paradise inside.
Then I'll bask in the light that binds,
A true soul to the Heaven he finds!
Cantabria, Spain
https://anastpaul.com/2021/05/23/the-solemnity-of-pentecost-virgen-de-gracia-virgin-of-grace-aes-spain-1575-and-memorials-of-the-saints-23-may/
On 23 May, 1575, as widow María Saínz de Quijano prayed the rosary
while watching sheep on Hediilla Mountain, she saw the Virgin appear :
“with such great splendour that I didn’t dare look at Her Majesty and
she said I should ask the Curate of the town to build a Chapel in that
spot and place an image of the Virgin of Grace and one of St Lawrence,
in the new Chapel.“
To Maria’s objection that people would not believe her, the Virgin
answered that she would make them believe. When the woman started to
get up, she found she could not and stayed there, calling for her
daughter Juana. Some neighbours passing bym found Juana, who carried
her mother home on her back. María asked Juana to get the local
Priest. She told him what had happened and he then told his superior,
the Vicar of the valley, who dismissed it with a laugh, saying the
shepherdess must have been dreaming. A few days later the Vicar passed
through that place with his servant, who said, “Sir, they say the
Virgin recently appeared to a woman in this spot.” The Vicar laughed
again and was suddenly blinded. The servant led him home. In fear and
remorse, the Vicar dictated a letter to the Archbishop, asking him to
order construction of the Chapel so that he would regain his sight.
The Archbishop ordered workers to begin cutting wood for construction.
They cut some from high on the mountain and some from lower down, at
the apparition site. But they couldn’t move the wood from the heights,
although they moved that from the lower site easily.
Carmen González Echegaray, citing records in the National Archives of
Spain, doesn’t say whether the Visionary and the Vicar recovered but
presumably they were among the first to receive the graces of the
Virgin of Aés.
The Chapel has been rebuilt and renovated several times over the
centuries, most recently in 1993. An annual procession to the mountain
Shrine outside the village of Aés on 23 May, the apparition
anniversary, draws participants from the entire valley. There are no
acceptable images of the Chapel or the procession available.
Saint Quote:
And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and
then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me!
The infinite goodness with which God communicates with us, sinners as
we are, should constantly make us love and serve Him better; but we,
on the contrary, instead of seeing in his goodness an obligation to
please Him, convert it into an excuse for sin which will of a
certainty lead in the end to our deeper condemnation.
--St. Catherine of Genoa
Bible Quote:
: "I was gazing into the visions of the night, when I saw, coming on
the clouds of heaven, as it were a son of man. He came to the One most
venerable and was led into his presence. On him was conferred rule,
honor and kingship, and all peoples, nations and languages became his
servants. His rule is an everlasting rule which will never pass away,
and his kingship will never come to an end." Daniel 7:13-14
<><><><>
STORMING HEAVEN
I have one foot in Heaven dear Jesus,
So don't think of slamming the door!
My arms are quite loaded with graces;
Please don't say that I'll need much more!
I could ransom my soul with a good heart,
Or the souls that I've tried to bring You.
I could gather the Prayers, the hard knocks,
The sparse wares—
But would that be enough to please You?
In my hand there's an earthly visa
Signed by Mary and dear Saint Theresa.
They had told me—it's true,
That whatever I do,
Do with love, and it's sure to please you!
So I'll plead my cause once more—
Won't You please Jesus, open the door?
My soul may have been weak with sin,
But that all changed when I let You in!
So those doors will be opened wide—
I'll see all Paradise inside.
Then I'll bask in the light that binds,
A true soul to the Heaven he finds!
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