{} Now You Are My Thorn, but Soon You Shall Be My Lily of Delight
{} Now You Are My Thorn, but Soon You Shall Be My Lily of Delight
The Transformation of Margaret Reilly
This chapter shows how Margaret Reilly received a nudge toward sainthood on an ordinary day in 1917 while cooking dinner. Although the kitchen seems an unlikely place for a mystical encounter, Margaret, while stooping over the oven to prepare a fish supper with her mother, felt a sharp pain over her heart and saw a three-dimensional crucifix emerging in blood. Her mother quickly put her to bed and immediately telephoned their pastor. This event was not Margaret's first divine communication. Four years earlier, in November 1913, a two-inch-long red cross had appeared on her breast. On that day, she recalled, “It pleased our dear Lord to send me a very severe illness for which He prepared me in a most extraordinary way.”
Keywords: Margaret Reilly, mystical encounter, crucifix, divine communication
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