~ ᴏᴜʀ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ, ᴘʀᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ᴜs! ~

The date on which Our Lady appeared had deep significance. Thirty-four years earlier, on the very same day, “The Great Hunger” had begun—a horrible time in which the potato crop, a primary source of food for the Irish people, failed. The famine that resulted was catastrophic. The starving people ate their potato seed in order to survive and then had nothing to plant come the following year.

Our Lady’s miraculous appearance was a great consolation to those who suffered through the terrible famines and extreme hardships of that epoch in Ireland’s history. Although it was a silent vision—Our Lady of Knock did not speak a single word—the peace and healing she brought was real and lasting.

What are the details of the apparition?

The Story of Knock began on the 21st of August, 1879 when, at approximately 8 o’clock in the evening, fifteen people from the village of Knock in Co. Mayo, witnessed an Apparition of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, a Lamb and cross on an altar at the gable wall of the Parish Church.

The Lamb of God standing on an altar surmounted by a cross is a symbol of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Holy Eucharist. St. John was standing with a gesture of teaching while holding a book, presumably the Book of the Revelation, in which he described his vision of the heavenly liturgy.

According to an article published by the Knock Shrine:

The witnesses watched the Apparition in the pouring rain for two hours, reciting the Rosary. Although they themselves were saturated not a single drop of rain fell on the gable or vision. There were fifteen official witnesses to the Apparition, most of whom were from the village of Knock and surrounding areas and ranged in age from just 5 years old to 74 years old. Each of the witnesses gave testimonies to a Commission of Enquiry in October 1879. The findings of the Commission were that the testimonies were both trustworthy and satisfactory.

* From Catholic Company @catholiccompany
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