Pilgrims snatched plaster and bits of cement off the apparition wall for relics in 1879 and the 1880s. Those who claimed a cure left their crutches and canes at the site, and many of those supports were attached to the wall. A large number of unusual cures were reported. These differences have led some to doubt that the events at Knock ever took place.Īs the news spread, pilgrims by the thousands arrived here with their sick. Apparitions are usually made up of multiple visitations. It only occurred once, for a two hour duration. Apparitions are typically seen by no more than five people. Another difference is the large number of people that saw the apparition. In all of the other apparitions, Mary appears with a request or a warning. The second difference is the lack of a verbal message. The first difference is the number of figures in the apparition. Knock was different from other approved apparitions in many ways. The symbolism of the lamb, cross and altar has been seen as pointing to the sacrificial death of Christ and the Mass, and yet these were behind Mary in the apparition at Knock, suggesting that the focus was on her and her role as a mediator. However, over time Knock gradually gained official support from the Church, culminating in the Papal visit of 1979. At that time, the head of the diocese of Tuam, Archbishop Gilmartin, authorized the publication of a pamphlet supporting devotion to the apparition at Knock. A commission was formed to gather testimonies of those claiming to see the apparition and then a record of purported cures and devotional material was maintained until 1936.
#Our lady of knock series#
The Church response to this series of events was typically circumspect. There were subsequent reports of inexplicable healings associated with visits to the church at Knock. Other villagers, who were not involved with the apparition, nonetheless reported seeing a very bright light illuminating the area around where the church was located. This woman was understood by all who saw her tobe the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Queen of the Angels. What they and thirteen others saw in the still-bright day was a beautiful woman, clothed in white garments, wearing a large brilliant crown. The women called several other people to the church. Flying around the altar were several angels. John the Evangelist, and an altar with a lamb and a cross on it.
There against the wall of the church stood the Blessed Virgin Mary, St.
On the evening of Thursday, 21 August 1879, two women from the small village of Knock, Mary McLoughlin and Mary Beirne, were walking back to their home in the rain when they passed by the back of the town church. The two apparitions are broadly similar, in that they both took place in the evening and only lasted for three hours or so, and similarly, in both, no words were spoken. The Apparition at Knock took place on 21st August, 1879, eight years after Pontmain in 1871. It was into this environment that the Lord again sent His Mother to visit with His oppressed children. Various famines and economic dislocations produced by forced evictions had created yet another wave of Irish immigration. County Mayo was in the center of a region of Ireland that had suffered great distress in the 1870's.
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