| The Miracles of Kateri begin | | | | occurred on August 19, 1683. The second, in which he |
| The first miracle of Kateri Tekakwitha occurred within | | | | saw the Indian tied to a post amid flames, referred to |
| fifteen minutes after her death. Her face, which had | | | | an Indian who was burned alive seven years later, |
| been scarred from Smallpox from the time she was | | | | whose name was Stephen Tegananokoa, the first |
| four years old, all of a sudden lost all the scars. She | | | | Indian Martyr. He was followed by two heroic women, |
| was transformed into the beautiful girl she had been | | | | Frances Gannonhatenha and Marguerite Garongouas, |
| as a child. The witness, Fr. Cholenec, who had stayed | | | | also martyred. |
| at her side to pray her into Heaven, let out a shout. He, | | | | Two days later, Kateri appeared to her instructor, |
| who was not by any means one given to | | | | Anastasia in the longhouse. In her own words, |
| sensationalism, drew everyone's attention to Kateri's | | | | "...I had barely gone to sleep when I was awakened by |
| face, which was now magnificent and radiant. | | | | a voice calling me and saying, `My mother, get up and |
| After that, people flocked to her grave, people with all | | | | look.' I recognized Kateri's voice; I sat up at once, and |
| infirmities - the blind, the lame and the sick. Healings | | | | turning to the direction from which the voice came, I |
| took place in mammoth proportions. After a while small | | | | saw her standing beside me. Her body was |
| packets of dirt from her grave were handed out and | | | | surrounded by such a bright light that I could only see |
| given credit for healings and conversions. Some | | | | her face, which was of extraordinary beauty. `My |
| testified that merely thinking of Kateri, asking for her | | | | mother,' she added, `look carefully at this Cross which I |
| intercession, brought about miracles. | | | | am wearing. See how beautiful it is; Oh! how I loved it |
| Her first apparition came on Easter Monday, six days | | | | on earth, Oh! how I still love it in Paradise! How I wish |
| after her death. Fr. Chauchetire was praying in his | | | | that all those of our longhouse loved it and valued it as |
| room at four in the morning. Kateri appeared in front of | | | | I did.'" With that, Kateri disappeared. |
| him, surrounded by dazzling light. She didn't say | | | | Many apparitions and healings have taken place |
| anything, but he heard a voice (not hers), say in Latin, "I | | | | through the intercession of our little saint. The greatest |
| appear every day." | | | | miracle was the conversion of her people, the rush of |
| Fr. Chauchetire explained what happened. "The vision | | | | Iroquois men and women to follow in the footsteps of |
| remained for two hours, with prophetic signs appearing | | | | this Lily of the Mohawks, our Mystic of the Wilderness, |
| on either side of Kateri. On her left, he saw a church | | | | Kateri Tekakwitha. Pope John Paul II beatified Kateri on |
| toppled over, and on her right, an Indian tied to a post | | | | June 22, 1980. She is the first fruit nourished by the |
| amid flames." | | | | blood of the North American Martyrs. Praise Jesus! |
| Both of these prophesies were fulfilled within seven | | | | Copyright (c) 2010 Bob and Penny Lord's Site. |
| years. The first, in which the church toppled over, | | | | |