The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-01
LOUISA LATEAU.


"oiloi 4hdJ uIht, d QO1lldIl CdUnOUl
priest and editor of the Germania, al
ultramontane organ in Prussia, has
written the following extraordinary
story about a girl named Louisa La.
teau, who lives in the little village OF
Bols G, Haine, Ill Belgium Louisa La
teau, Father Maiunke claims, is one OF
those persons who every Friday exhibit
on their persons wounds similar to those
inflicted upon our Saviour at his cruel
tixlon. Father Majunke tells his story
with all the simplicity of an ardent be-
never III the divine character of the
physical phenomena. He says:
lin Louisa Lateau's case the bleed
ing begins at midnight of the Thursday
and ends at midnight of the Friday.
First the forehead bleeds, as though
the pointed thorns of the crown were
sticking into the skin the blood runs
out from under the hair, bubbles up in
little rllls, and streams down the cheeks
towards the point of the nose; then the
hands, the side and the feet begin to
bleed, above and below"
lie then continues:
''LOulsarecelveSt the Holy Communion
daily; 1T Is her only nourishment. for
she has not for the last two years eaten
or drunk anything else. II she does
not communicate, she becomes wearied
to death /; in consequence of which it is
permitted to her to enjoy the Body of
the Lord even on Good Friday. Every
morning at 6 o'clock she visits the
church, which is good long way off
only on Fridays she does not do so, the
holy Wegzehreolg' being brought to
! bA1B m thncn Il FTIJc i
Friday by the highly-worthy Bishop in
person; and [ officiated. We found
everything prepared as though for an
ordinary patient suffering from grave
malady; in the little ck-foored room
Louisa was kneeling before the table.
all streaming with blood She took the
holy communion with passionate desire,
almost greedily. At 2 o'clock P. NJ,
she fell into, an ecstasy The Lord
Bishop went to her little time before
to see if perhaps she would pass the APP
! pointed time in conversation. But no.
! Exactly at o'clock she became silent.
her eyes glazed. The priest of the
! place declared that Louisa beheld sew
eral sorts of .apparitions during her &C.
! stacy First she sees Godin His glory !;
then the sutferings of Christ, especially
the last stages of the same. At little
! before , o'clock Louisa falls down :;
ut ) she spreads out her hands. What
! is very remarkable III these spasms
is that although the spirit is transfer
red to other regions, 1t lives also for
the Immediate surroundings of the
! body. For instance, when cOnSe-
Grated object or article is brought near
Louisa 1t produces a soft smile upon
| her cOuntenance. She also smiles
when prayer is going on. At particu-
lar moments Eve are fourteen in all,
and the priests We're praying the brew
| ary) as for instance, at the Gloria
/ Patri, ut the words, 'Misericordia' and
| 'MisericOrs, she smiled in quite pe-
| culiar and remarkable manner. whether
| the prayer was read in French, German
OF Hebrew. In her ecstacy she under
/ stood all languages. She could per
| fectly distinguish between consecrated
and unconsecrated articles. Professor
! Lefebre convinced us that she was ex-
empted from all the laws Of the natu-
raj wOrld-Order, by throwing his sharp
pointed penknife at her outstretched
hand. The had did not shrink, nor
did any blood appear on the place
where it had been pierced through.
! The speaker reminded those present
that the well known Bernadette, of
Lourdes, had held taper in her hand,
that its flames had played about her
| fingers and not in the least damaged
them-a fact insisted in by thousands.
! When, during prayer, the names of
Jesus and Mary were mentioned,
Louisa raised the upper part of her
body from the ground; but this raising
was all of piece, not by degrees, as
usually happens; she foated upwards
all at once. As tie Lord Bishop spoke
/ the words, 90 ny Jesus, [ fall on my
/ knee she twisted herself round so
! hastily, and fell on her knee before the
/ Bishop, that both / and the Lord
! Bishop were quite startled, for / was
afraid she was going to throw herself
/ out Of windnow. BY chance the
episcopal cross got into the way of her
! hands, and she took hold of it, As soon
rs prayers were over she fell down
again-that is to say, she did not fall
! herself on the bricks, but she foated
down. There is no fitting descriptive
word In our language for the appear
ance other downfall Next morning at
! six, Lousia was again in church, al
! though she had lost so much blood on
/ Friday her feet were again enabled to
carry her. | visited her again. AS [
came III [ found her busy sewing with
! her sisters she offered me Il chair and
was considerably reserved Her face
was somewhat pale, as though enlight-
! ened. ] told her [ was a priest from
Germany, where the Church has to suf-
fer so much just now that she should
pray for the Catholics IN Germany and
for me; l wouid also be mindful of
her during the holy sacrifice of mass.
She said, 'Je VOus remercje, Mon
sjeur." Father Maiunke concludes ::
at pieases God to reveal his Being
! through such manifestations, and to
know that he does not forget us; and
exactly at such moments as those in
which His Bride, the Church, is most
yehemently prosecuted. Thus we find
! Stigmatized Ones, in the first, sixteenth
and in this century. God, who can
work such miracles, can also smash up
! his enemeies. The manifestations in
! Bots d Haine has strengthened and
! fortified me for all the storms that [
have still to fight out and if my testi-
mony has helped to prop up your be-
| lief IL the marvellous ways of God and
| His power, / esteem myself dOubly
happy"
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