mercredi 10 novembre 2010
Miracle à 500 mètres
Vous souhaitez faire un pèlerinage mais la marche c'est pas votre fort et vous préférez les routes goudronnées de la capitale aux chemins de terre qui mènent à Saint-Jacques de Compostelle ? Ne bougez pas ou du moins pas trop : sortez à droite de l'hôtel, remontez la rue de Vaugirard, prenez la rue Saint Placide à gauche, continuez toujours tout droit, traversez la rue de Sèvres et vous êtes arrivé. Puisque on vous a dit que c'était pas loin.
A 500 mètres tout au plus de l'Hôtel Aviatic se trouve, au 140 rue du Bac, la Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-médaille-miraculeuse (également appelée "La Chapelle de la rue du Bac" ) bâtie sur les lieux de l’apparition présumée de la Sainte Vierge à sainte Catherine Labouré.
Selon l'histoire, la nuit du 19 juillet 1830, jour de la fête de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Catherine Labouré fut réveillée par un petit enfant qui lui dit : « Ma sœur, tout le monde dort bien ; venez à la chapelle ; la Sainte Vierge vous attend. ». Croyant rêver, Catherine se lève, s'habille et suit l'enfant. Arrivée à la chapelle, Catherine entend bientôt le froufrou d'une robe de soie. La sainte Vierge est là, resplendissante, et lui parle pendant deux heures, lui confiant que Dieu a une difficile mission pour elle.
Le 27 novembre 1830, Catherine rapporta que la sainte Vierge revint lors de la méditation du soir. La Vierge se tenait debout sur un globe, piétinant un serpent et portant des anneaux de différentes couleurs d'où jaillissaient des rayons de lumière sur le globe. Tout autour apparaissaient les mots « Ô Marie, conçue sans péché, priez pour nous qui avons recours à vous », et la Vierge dit : « C'est l'image des grâces que je répands sur les personnes qui me les demandent » , et pour expliquer les anneaux qui ne projettent pas de rayons, elle ajouta : « C'est l'image des grâces que l'on oublie de me demander ». Puis le tableau parut se retourner. C'est le revers de la médaille : un grand M, initiale de Marie, surmonté d'une croix. Au-dessous, deux cœurs : celui de Jésus, couronné d'épines, et celui de Marie, percé par le glaive, douze étoiles entourant ce tableau.
Catherine entendit alors Marie lui demander de porter ces images à son confesseur, en lui disant de les frapper sur des médailles car « tous ceux qui le porteront recevront ces grâces » .
Les apparitions de la chapelle de la médaille miraculeuse ont été reconnues par le Vatican en 1946, depuis la chapelle est devenue un lieu de pèlerinage... à deux pas de l'hôtel.
A miracle just 500 metres away
You want to go on a pilgrimage but walking isn’t your strong point and you prefer the tarred streets of the capital to the dirt tracks leading to Santiago de Compostela anyway. Well, don’t move, or at least don’t move too much: leave the hotel, go up rue Vaugirard, turn left into rue Saint Placide, go straight on, cross rue de Sèvres and you’re there. We told you it wasn’t far.
Situated 500 metres at the most from the Hotel Aviatic is La Chapelle Notre Dame de la medaille miraculeuse (Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal), sometimes known as La chapelle de la rue du Bac. The chapel, at 140 rue du Bac, was built on the site where the Blessed Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré.
Legend has it that on the night of 19 July 1830 Catherine Lebouré was woken by a small child who said to her "Sister, everyone is sleeping, come to the chapel, the Blessed Virgin is waiting for you". Thinking it a dream, Catherine got up, dressed and followed the child. On arriving at the chapel, Catherine heard the rustling of a silk dress. The Blessed Virgin appeared, radiant, and spoke to her for two hours, telling her that God had a difficult mission for her.
On 27 November 1930, Catherine reported that the Blessed Virgin had come back to her during evening medidation. The Virgin appeared in an oval frame, standing on a globe, wearing rings of different colours, most of which shone rays of light onto the globe. Around the frame appeared the words "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee". The Virgin said "This is the image of the graces which I give to those who ask", and to explan the rings which did not shine a light, she added "Those are the graces for which people forget to ask". The image then appeared to rotate, showing the back of the medal: a large letter M for Mary, surmounted by a cross. Above this were two hearts: the Sacred Heart of Jesus, crowned with thorns, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, pierced by a sword, with twelve stars around the image.
Catherine then heard Mary ask her to take these images to her confessor, and to tell him to cast them onto medals as "all who will wear them will receive graces".
The apparitions of the Chapel of the Miraculaous Medal were recognised by the Vatican in 1946, and since then the chapel has been a place of pilgrimage…just a short stroll from the hotel.
Situated 500 metres at the most from the Hotel Aviatic is La Chapelle Notre Dame de la medaille miraculeuse (Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal), sometimes known as La chapelle de la rue du Bac. The chapel, at 140 rue du Bac, was built on the site where the Blessed Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré.
Legend has it that on the night of 19 July 1830 Catherine Lebouré was woken by a small child who said to her "Sister, everyone is sleeping, come to the chapel, the Blessed Virgin is waiting for you". Thinking it a dream, Catherine got up, dressed and followed the child. On arriving at the chapel, Catherine heard the rustling of a silk dress. The Blessed Virgin appeared, radiant, and spoke to her for two hours, telling her that God had a difficult mission for her.
On 27 November 1930, Catherine reported that the Blessed Virgin had come back to her during evening medidation. The Virgin appeared in an oval frame, standing on a globe, wearing rings of different colours, most of which shone rays of light onto the globe. Around the frame appeared the words "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee". The Virgin said "This is the image of the graces which I give to those who ask", and to explan the rings which did not shine a light, she added "Those are the graces for which people forget to ask". The image then appeared to rotate, showing the back of the medal: a large letter M for Mary, surmounted by a cross. Above this were two hearts: the Sacred Heart of Jesus, crowned with thorns, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, pierced by a sword, with twelve stars around the image.
Catherine then heard Mary ask her to take these images to her confessor, and to tell him to cast them onto medals as "all who will wear them will receive graces".
The apparitions of the Chapel of the Miraculaous Medal were recognised by the Vatican in 1946, and since then the chapel has been a place of pilgrimage…just a short stroll from the hotel.
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