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People throng Carmelite convent to meet nun with
stigmata
Hundreds of people flocked to the Carmelite convent in
Pondicherry, January 17, seeking the blessings of
Sister Therese Margaret said to have suffered the Holy
Stigmata.
An external Sister from Thanjavur Carmel in Tamil
Nadu, Sister Margaret was on a private visit to the
Pondy monastery at the request of the local Carmelite
nuns.
Sister Rosy, as she is popularly known, first suffered
the passions of Jesus on Good Friday last year, it is
said. She bled in the head from the agony of the crown
of thorns, on the shoulders due the cross and the
agony of the thongs on her back and in the palms and
feet. Since then, she experienced the sufferings from
Thursday night till Saturday.
Starting with swelling of the palms with bursting
pain, the blood gushed out or oozed from the palms and
feet on Friday during Mass or prayer time. On Sunday
morning she was her normal self with no sign of
suffering except for a scar where she bled.
The Church and the Carmelite authorities are silent on
the matter. Some are even sceptical about the whole
episode. The bleeding signs appeared last on November
26 last year. However, the passions on the head,
shoulders, back, palms and feet are said to continue
but with no outward sign. The bloodstains in her
clothes are said to smell sweet.
During her suffering, the Carmelite nun has had many
visions of the Lord talking with Mother Mary and to
her. Once the Lord asked Sister Rosy whether she
preferred internal or exterior stigmata.
She is said to have preferred internal passion.
Another time, Mother Mary cleaned dry the blood from
her wounds when a nun helping her left for community
prayer. It is just shade of my sufferings, Jesus
seems to have confided to Sister Rosy.
Sister Theresa is keen on meeting priests and nuns and
motivating them to living up to their vocational vows.
She is claimed to have pointed out the failings of
individual priests and nuns.
For the lay people her message is read the Bible
daily, pray using the words of the Bible, frequent the
Holy Mass, receive Communion and say the family
prayer. People come to her seeking counselling, prayer
and healing.
Sister Therese Margaret is aged around 40 years and
wears a big smile while blessing the people. This SAR
News correspondent saw a number of priests and nuns
among the people waiting to meet with the Carmelite
nun.
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Joseph Fernandes
Mumbai
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