Discovering Mysticism, The Stigmata And The Seton Miracles

By Brian Allen


Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton lived from 1774 to 1821, a convert to the Catholic belief, Ms. Seton was the founder of the Sisters of Charity organization in America. In addition, Elizabeth was the first person born in the United States to be canonized and honored as a Saint. Whereas, a number of miracles, religious signs and symbols have been named after the Saint in what has become known as The Seton Miracles.

Seton comes from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton who was born in the mid-1700s and lived to the mid-1820s. For, before being canonized Ms. Seton cured three different individuals of what had been determined to be fatal illnesses. In one case, Ms. Seton cured Anne Theresa O'Neil of a fatal form of childhood leukemia.

While there are numerous miracles which have occurred over time, some are better known than others. Whereas, skeptics still have issues believing in the supernatural events which have taken place over the last several decades. As such, most believe the weeping statues, crying plastic Madonnas and signs of the stigmata are nothing more than elaborate hoaxes.

Some of the most well known of these mystical occurrences include the statue Our Lady of Medjugorje weeping at a meeting of the SEAS's Knights of Columbus in Spring of 1992. In addition, many other statues have also been reported to weep. Whereas, a number of blessings, healings, beautiful smells, changing colors in rosary beads, statues turning different colors while being gazed upon and other supernatural events also occurred from 1991 through mid-late 1993.

Most often, the statues which have been reported to have wept were those of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Whereas, there have also been pictures and crucifixes housed at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church which have bled or changed color. In most cases, these incidents occurred when there were multiple individuals present to witness the event.

While being pressured for more information, a parishioner finally indicated that someone else had indicated the miracles had taken place. These miracles included Father Jim bearing the 5 wounds of Christ, also known as the stigmata in which the wounds Jesus endured on the cross are replicated on an individual. In addition, there had been reports of weeping statues and other supernatural events in different locations around the world.

During the conversation between the staff member and Father Bruse regarding these events, a rather small Madonna statue made of plastic sitting on the credenza began to cry. In this case, with water flowing rapidly from the eyes down across the cheekbones, the term crying was the only possible term which could be used to explain the experience. Whereas, most other statues had been reported as weeping in the past.

Since the early 1990s, there have been other reports of over two dozen supernatural events in which icons made out of different types of materials have been known to have been seen weeping, changing colors or bleeding. In fact, there were even statues in a glass case in the rectory at the Elizabeth Ann Seton church in Virginia which appeared to weep while Father Jim was there for a church dinner.




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