Virgin of the Hawthorn
Chauchina, Spain (1906)
In the farming town of Chauchina, 65-year-old Rosario Granados Martin was known for her goodness and for the cancerous wounds on her leg.
On the morning of April 9, 1906, the widow hobbled to a thorn bush where she washed her sores and changed their dressing. A woman in mourning approached her, carrying a black rosary, and offered to cure her if she would go with her to the far cemetery. The old woman ably followed the stranger down the path, surprising onlookers who couldn't see Our Lady leading her. The two women knelt to say the rosary when Rosario fell asleep. Upon awaking, her sores and the woman in black were gone.
She went back to town to tell her story.
A chapel was built and the statue canonically crowned.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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