Our Lady of Sunday
Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve, France (1873)
Although it was Sunday the feast of the Trinity, the winemaker Augustus Arnaud worked in his vineyard. Suddenly, according to local legend, Augustus saw a bright light in the middle of the field that manifested itself in the figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She urged the farmer to erect a cross, to place a statue of the Madonna in the vineyard and venerate it with his neighbors.
Exactly one month later, she reappeared near the recently installed cross and said: “You must never work on Sunday! Blessed are those who believe.” In 1876, the diocesan bishop, Bishop De Cabriéres, after the establishment of a commission of inquiry and having questioned the seer, recognized the supernatural origin of the apparitions.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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