The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17

! DR.. Adolph Alt, the convent physician
held out but one hope for the suffering
/ young sister. She was afflicted with Abscess
/ Of the brain. her occasional spells Of uncon-
/ seriousness were the result of the pressure
1 upon the brain, and the coagulating blood
aud ensuing hemorrhage could be attributed
! 10 the same cause. A surgical operation
offered the only means of relief. But the
physician plainly stated that the operation
itself would be one Of the greatest danger,
! and might cost the patient her life. Under
the rules of the Visitation order TINS was one
exceptional case where their cardinal prin-
clple Of obedience Is allowed TO be sus-
pended. A sister confronted with such an
alternative, where her own life is the ISIS Ie
at stake. is allowed to make the choice, and
Sister Mary Philomena at first declined 70
submit 70 an operation. But her sufferings
increased, until she was on the verge of con-
senting and taking the awful risk involved.
PRAYED TO THE BLESSED SISTER,"
Last Tuesday evening, as her last resort
befOfe cOnsenting TO the operation, the
young Sister asked that ''novenas" be said
TO the Blessed Sister Margaret Mary in her
behalf. Sne did not ask that the prayers be
said for her recovery, but simply that
Gods will be made plain TO her" This was
done by the Sisters at daily mass, and Sister
Baptista, friend of the young Sister Mary
Philomena, visited the latter's cell and
offered up a 'novenan in private prayer
The blessed relic was given 70 the suffering
Sister, as also a vial of holy water with
which to battle her swollen and bleeding
eyes. While undergoing an especially bitter
paro1ySm of pain last Wednesday night the
young Sister placed the blessed relic upon
her tongue and swallowed it.
THE MIRACULOUS CURE.
Thursday mornIng Sister Mary Philo-
mena awoke suddenly. The last bell for
mass was sounding through the convent.
The young sister felt a strange pricking Just
above her left eye, and lifting her hand TO
the spot she felt foreign metallic sub
stance. This she grasped with her fingers,
pulled it out and sat transfixed with
astonishment and awe.
The strange object was a needle, and just
at its point, transfixed, was the blessed piece
oflinen that had once touched the heart of
the dead Sister Margaret Mary. The sister
at once ran to the cell of theMotherSuperior
and even as she ran she feit her disease leav-
ing her. Within an hour Sister Mary Philo-
mena was entirely well. She had gone from
the mothers cell to the chapel and when
the other sisters gathered about her there
was not a trace Of her sickness or suffering
visible. Nor has there been since, and this
is why the good sisters of the Visitation
convent believe that their house has been
the scene of miracle.
The Blessed Sister Margaret Mary was a
French nun of the Visitation order, and
was renowned for her exceeding piety, ex-
treme austerity Of life and the power Of
seeing visions Of heavenly objects invisible
to other eyes She is, as stated, a candi-
date for canonization in the church, and the
miraculous cure of Sister Mary Philomens
will go to her credit among the number of
well-attested miracles necessary to be
shown before she can be canonized.
Sister Mary Philomena stated that she
had no recollection of ever having swal>
lowed or been pierced by a needle, and
could offer no theory Of how the dangerous
piece of steel could have got go near her
brain. She only knew that she had with
drawn it with the blessed relic attached,
and that her suffering and sickness had dis
appeared almost in an instant.