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AN GAOḊAL
By request of Mr. Lacey, we cheerfully
publish the following letter. —
LETTER on the SCAPULAR of OUR LADY
of PELLEVIOSIN.
168 South Portland Av., Brooklyn,
January 13th 1888
My dear Mr. Lacey — You will please excuse my
tardiness in acknowledging my indebtedness to
you for the blessing bestowed through the means
of the Scapular of "Our Lady All Merciful" so
kindly made known to me by you.
A few days before Christmas a friend of mine was
ill, and suddenly became very much worse and
seemed at the point of death, she suffered so in¬
tensely. Seeing her in such agony I remembered
the Scapulars you gave me, and as I had them
with me, I gave them to her with the firm faith
that they would do her good. The lady took the
eagerly and made an effort to throw them over her
shoulders. She grew easier at once and I left her
expressing the hope that she would be better when
I'd see her again. I saw her the second day af¬
ter, and she exclaimed "Oh, but for your Scapular
I'd be dead. It has saved my life. It was nothing
short of a miracle and a wonderful miracle too."
She then told me some particulars of her recove¬
ry which place the miraculous nature of her resto¬
ration to comparative health beyond the possibility
of a doubt.
She is now able to attend to her household
duties, to go to church etc., and is as busy as a
bee.
I am very happy to be able to tell you this fact
not only because my friend is spared but that
it is a practical proof of the efficacy of the devotion
to our Blessed Mother "The All Merciful Health
of the Weak."
Believe me, dear Mr. Lacey,
Yours gratefully,
RINA F. SVENSSON.
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OUI, OUI!
They looked and loved, though not a thought,
In French could he essay,
While she in English vainly sought
Her meaning to convey.
But she was wondrous sweet and fair,
And love the youth inspired
With patience and persistence rare
To win the prize desired.
"Fasquelle" and "Ollendorff" he bought,
"Noel and Chapsal" too
While long and eagerly he sought
In Gallic phrase to woo.
He seized at length "le dictionnaire,"
Gazed tenderly at her,
Then wrote with a scholastic air
"Voulair se marier me?"
No wonder her bewitching eyes
Expressed bewilderment,
But ove the poorest French defies,
And soon its cunning lent.
Ay quick was she to understand,
For, blushing gloriously,
She drew the pencil from his hand,
And wrote but one word — "Oui."
LIFE OF LEO. XIII.
1888.
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