Fragrant
oil descends on the Blessed Mother's mountain
Valentino
Hyun-Man Shin, Seoul, Korea (March 28, 2002)
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Praise Jesus! Praise the Blessed Mother!
I
give profound gratitude to Jesus and the Blessed Mother.
My name is Valentino Hyun-Man Shin from Seoul.
I
became more anxious to see the Blessed Mother of Naju
during Holy Week, and arrived in Naju on March 28, 2002,
at about 5 p.m. After praying for a while in the
Chapel, I participated in the Holy Hour prayer meeting.
In the middle of the prayer meeting, Rufino Park
(the Chapel administrator) came to me and said, “It
is raining. Our Lord’s blood marks (on the Blessed
Mother’s mountain) need to be protected. Can
you come and help?” I gladly agreed and went
to the Blessed Mother’s mountain together with Rufino
Park and Augustine Cho.
While
we were working at the Twelfth Station, we suddenly
heard someone screaming. It was Julia who had
been praying at the Eleventh Station. She was
lying on the ground with her arms stretched out, as
if she had been crucified. We stopped working
and rushed to Julia. We knelt and prayed in silence.
A
while later, Julia opened her eyes and said, “Fragrant
oil is coming down. . .” When I stretched my
arms toward the sky, I realized that fragrant oil was
really coming down on my face and hands. Julia
then said, “Jesus blessed me making the Sign of the
Cross on my forehead with fragrant oil.” We brought
a lantern closer to her and saw a shiny mark of fragrant
oil in the shape of a cross in the middle of her forehead.
We also smelled a strong and fresh fragrance from
the oil.
After
seeing the mark of fragrant oil on Julia’s forehead,
we helped her stand up. At that moment, all of
us were surprised and screamed almost simultaneously,
because we found a very large mark of fragrant oil on
the paved area near the Eleventh Station. After
seeing the oil, I began shedding tears of repentance.
“Our Lord and the Blessed Mother love me so much
that They are drawing me to repentance with this fragrant
oil through Julia. . .”
The
oil mark at the Eleventh Station extended to the Tenth
Station. We could smell a strong fragrance at
the Tenth Station also. We protected the area
from rain with vinyl covers. While we were spreading
the vinyl covers, we found an additional oil mark about
70 cm long on the paved area before the Eleventh Station.
After
witnessing these signs, I have realized that the Lord
and the Blessed Mother are always present with us and
that this was confirmed to me, even though I was unworthy.
My faith became stronger.
Praise
and glory to God!
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