Windows Bernice Morgan

In 1882, Dr Gayral diagnosed that Therese reacts to an emotional frustration with a neurotic attack. 16 An alarmed, but cloistered, Pauline began to write letters to Therese and attempted various strategies to intervene. lastly Therese recovered after she had turned to gaze at the statue of the Virgin Mary placed in Maries room, where Therese had been moved. 17 She reported on May 13, 1883 that she had seen the Virgin smile at her. 1819 She wrote Our B slighted Lady has come to me, she has smiled upon me.How gifted I am. 20 However, when Therese told the Carmelite nuns about this batch at the request of her eldest sister Marie, she found herself assailed by their questions and she lost confidence. Self-doubt made her begin to question what had happened. I thought I had lied I was unable to look upon myself without a feeling of profound horror. 21 For a long time after my cure,I thought that my sickness was deliberate and this was a real martyrdom for my soul. 22 Her concerns over this continued until November 1887. During her illness, Therese occupied the room with the statue of Our Lady, and it stood beside her bed. When her pains were less serious, she would often look at the statue and pray that Heaven would send her a cure. On Sunday May 13, 1883, Theresa became so ill that she did not recognize her sisters. Marie matt-up sure that little Theresa was dying, and throwing herself on her knees before their beloved statue of Our Lady, she begged Our Lady to cure Theresa.Leonie and Celine joined in with their prayers, as well, begging the Blessed Virgin Mary to thrust pity on their poor, sick, little sister. Suddenly the statue seemed to come aliveand Our Lady appeared to little Theresa. Our Ladys face glowed with a glorious beauty, but it was her wonderful smile, which filled the young lady with joy. Our Ladys smile was like a warm ray of sunshine. Two large tears of joy rolled down Theresas cheeks, and she thought, Ah The Blessed Virgin smiled at me, how happy I am. During this time, Marie saw her sister Theresa, as in an ecstasy of love, and she was not looking at the statue, but at the Blessed Virgin Mary herself The vision seemed to last about four or five minutes and during this time, little Theresa was cured all her pains and weariness had disappeared. Later, when Marie was alone with Theresa, she asked her why she had just set down some tears. Theresa didnt want to tell her secret, but when she saw that Marie had guessed that Our Lady had appeared to her, she said, I cried because Our Lady had disappeared.