The Miraculous Medal by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Author:Mary Fabyan Windeatt [Windeatt, Mary Fabyan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9781618902818
Publisher: TAN Books
Published: 1950-03-23T05:00:00+00:00

SHE BEGAN TO DESCRIBE THE STATUE.

Sister Catherine smiled. Time! What was that when one was talking about the Blessed Virgin?

“It’s all right, Mother,” she said hastily. “Don’t worry. I’m just as surprised as you that the two hours went so quickly.”

Chapter 21

SISTER CATHERINE’S LAST REQUEST

AMAZED—and even disturbed—as she was by Sister Catherine’s revelation, the Mother Superior nevertheless lost no time in procuring the services of a famous sculptor. And after much thought and discussion, the new statue was finally completed.

“Sister, is it all right?” asked the Superior anxiously. “Does it really look like the Blessed Virgin?”

Sister Catherine hesitated. The statue was beautiful—yes. Our Lady’s dress was the soft, golden white of the sky just before dawn. Her eyes, raised to heaven as she offered the world to God, were alive with tenderness and love. But as for resembling Our Lady….

“No, Mother. It doesn’t look like her at all,” she said quietly.

The Superior’s face fell. “But Sister! The artist says it’s the finest statue he’s ever made! He’s going to be so disappointed that you don’t like it!”

Sister Catherine smiled, while a wave of compassion filled her heart. The poor artist! Certainly it wasn’t his fault that the statue did not look like Our Lady. What human eye could ever capture her beauty, what hand describe it?

“Mother, please tell him everything’s all right,” she said hastily. “The statue is very beautiful.”

“But you said….”

“I know. But the poor man has done his best. I’m sure Our Lady is pleased. And I’m also sure she’ll grant many graces to everyone who prays before the statue. After all, isn’t that the real reason she wanted it made?”

The Mother Superior nodded slowly. “Yes, Sister. I suppose it is.” But even as she spoke, her mind was busy with one thought. All who had seen the artist’s work agreed that the new statue was most inspiring. It could move even the hardest heart to awe and reverence. Yet to Sister Catherine it fell so far short of Our Lady’s beauty….

“How lovely she must really be!” she reflected. “How incredibly beautiful! And easy to love!”

The many visitors who came to see the statue were of the same opinion. As for the Daughters of Charity, they naturally looked with new respect on the Sister who had made both statue and medal possible, and did all that they could to relieve the pains of her old age.

“To think she was the one who saw Our Lady!” they told one another in astonishment. “And we never even guessed it because she’s always seemed so … well, ordinary!”

There was a good deal of discussion on this point. Yes, Sister Catherine was ordinary. In all the forty-six years of her religious life, she had never called attention to herself in the slightest way. She had done her work quietly and carefully, content to be just what God wanted her to be—an unknown soul obedient to His every wish.

Soon, even outside the convent, a number of people were trying to follow in Sister Catherine’s footsteps.

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