The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-27

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FATHER HERMANN.
We find in the Monde the relation of the
miraculous cure of the we'll known Carmelite,
Father Hermann, who was converted to the
Catholic faith some twenty years ago, or more!
i me A eit Sn' where's the " Reverend Father was
preaching retreat, and could form from ms
words of burning eloqnence some idea OF his
great devotion to the most s. a 10Y sacrament
The good father has written the following
letter to>the associates of five Confraternities
of Thanksgiving which he has established in
Lyons Orleans, Arras, Rodez and London:
For a year past, he writes, my sight, ia
tigued by constant Label became gradually
weaker every day. Having passed the iast six
Carmel at Tarasteix, in the Hautes-P yrenees, l
was attacked by an opthalmia SO grave that
obedience made me leave at once for Bordeaux
to consult a celebrated ocu!ist. Already, one
month before my departure, had been forbid
den to read, even the holy breviary. The ex-
perienced oculfst examined my eyes with the
most seriouH attention, and with the most
sympathizing solicitude he found them in an
alarming state,-Hnd said that he remarked
some veritable obnubilations, an excavation
of the optic papillie, o greyish tint on the bot
of these observations he pronounced the exist
ence of nlalady which is known to science by
the name of gtaacome; he declared that no rem
edy conld prevent Inflammation from coming
on, and that on the least Inflammation taking
place it would be necessary to have recourse to
an excelsior of the iris, an operation invented
by the illustrious Doctor Gr;ete OF Berlin the
same who operated successfully on my brother,
M. Louis Cohen, for the cataract). However
the evil grew worse and worse every day : i
left Bordeaux, armed withconscryes, bi-conyex
glasses, green shade and any amount of other
precautions. The sandals of the Carmelites
had to be replaced by shoes we'll furred, and
monastic tonsure covered by the warmest kind
of head dress. The, organ ofsight had become
sensitive that Id not bear the light OF
an ordinary lamp or candle; nor even the or
binary daylight. 1t was only at intervals
that succeeded iii readings few words, and
that by doing violence to tile optic nerves by
painful eff1yts. tsi'sf ~ - ~ 2 re- i-'s-
Meanwhile the idea was suggested to mo to
make novena to Notre Dame de Louraes, who
had already Ihiraculousiy cured several per
sons afflicted with blindness.
The proposition pleased me much more thar
the prospect of II surgical operation, the result
of which was predetermined remembered
also that twenty-five years ago Mary had OBJ
tanned for me from God in the Eucharist a cure
infinitely more important than that of The
carnal eyes, by freeing me from the blindnes:
of Judaism; that later she had by her inter
cession withdrawn several members OF my
family from the darkness of the synagogue
that thirteen years ago by her prayers to he
Divine Son, she obtained the salvation of III.
mother on her death bed, on which my mothe
lay still unbaptized; andI thought to mysel
that these prod GIGS in the spiritual order YER
much more difficult to obtain than any ppodlg.
in the temporal order, and that should no
hesitate to hope for this benefit from Der merci
fui> goodness.
l began The noyena on the 2ith of October
the feast, of st: Raphael, why himself ha'
cured blindness in the case of Tobias. Ever.
- day bathed my eyes with the salutary waite
taken from the miraculous /grotto, and ever.
day prayed to the immaculate Virgin, AM
many holy souls prayed with me.
On the sixth day of The noyena vert afoo
from our convent ct Bagneres to Lomrdes
wishing to make the pilgrimage with all til
conditions that Would likely secure success
Already at BagHeres l had experienced relic
every time bathed my eyes with the waite
from the grotto. / had even taken care
ascertain their amelioration by the ophtha
moscope, by means of which the physical
sight gradually diminished, while employc
no other remedy than the miraculous water
At last, on the last day, the feast of A.
Saints, being in the grotto itself and near til
I fountain, I no longer felt any symptoms OF %
evil. Since then, read and write as much y
wish, without spectacies, without precautiei
without effort, without fatigue. 1 gaze upo
daylight, gaslight and candle light withou
the least harm; have resumed wearing IN
sandals had my tonsure renewed; have oil
tanned what desired above, namely, the abilit
to continue to live the hermit life of our des
desert in q word am radically cured, and III
intimate conviction is that this cure is a mil
Wherefore am impelled to publish as widel
rs possible the goodness of the Heart OF Mar
and I beseech all the souls who love this tend'
Mother to return thanks to God for me. ali
conjure all those who suffer, to have recour
in all confidence to her whom no one has ev
invoked in vain.-Are Maria.
PURITAN THANKsGIvING-On ThanksgiviI
day 06th ult n Rev j. ID. Fulton delivered