Wednesday, June 13, 2007

PARIS - INCORRUPT BODIES! ST. CATHERINE LABOURE @ ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC

INCORRUPT!!!
St. Catherine Laboure
St. Catherine was a Marian visionary who claimed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal worn by millions of Catholics and even non-Catholics today. Exhumed in 1933, her body was found incorrupt, and it now lies in a glass coffin at the side altar of 140 Rue de Bac, Paris, one of the spots where the Blessed Mother appeared to her. Many visitors comment on Catherine's lovely blue eyes. She was canonized on July 27, 1947, by Pope Pius XII.
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St. Louise de Marillac
St. Louise de Marillac (also known as Louise de Marillac Le Gras) was a French nun and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. After a time of increasing weakness and ill health, Louise de Marillac died on 15th March 1660, six months before the death of her great friend and mentor Vincent de Paul.
It is said that her body remains incorrupt, and it remains on display in the chapel of the mother house of the Daughters of Charity in Paris to this day.
Louise was positive and exuberant in her energy, always urging her Sisters to do more and do it well. But along with the activity, she also preached love. Nearing her death, she wrote to her Sisters: "Take good care of the service of the poor. Above all, live together in great union and cordiality, loving one another in imitation of the union and life of Our Lord. Pray earnestly to the Blessed Virgin, that she might be your only Mother."



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