Even Huffington Post is tacking up the story of the survivors of the Hurricane Sandy coming to give thanks and receive heavenly strength at the last standing structure at Breezy Point, NY, a statue of the Virgin Mary.
BREEZY POINT, N.Y. — Some came by foot, walking miles in mud-soaked jeans and galoshes from cold shelters and barely inhabitable homes. Others carpooled from far-flung cities and boroughs where they had sought refuge. They came bearing small crosses, candles, hymn books and American flags, and squeezed into pews in one of the few familiar spaces left intact after Hurricane Sandy tore through Breezy Point, a tight-knit oceanside community and one of the city’s most devastated neighborhoods.
via Breezy Point Catholics Meet For Mass After Hurricane Sandy, Taking ‘Strength In Faith’.
Praised be Jesus and Mary!
That is real miracle! While all things around fell down, the Virgin Mary statue keeps stand up.
It’s a clear sign of God for our times. God points at Our Lady as our salvation. God wants to save us through the Most Holy Mary.
That makes me remind St. Louis of MontFort words:
It was through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus came into the world, and it is also through her that he must reign in the world.
If then, as is certain, the knowledge and the kingdom of Jesus Christ must come into the world, it can only be as a necessary consequence of the knowledge and reign of Mary. She who first gave him to the
world will establish his kingdom in the world.
Something similar happened in Lourdes, France. Did you see? I would like to share some links about that.
Flood exceptional floods the Grotto of Lourdes. Our Lady is Queen and is fearless
(Enchente excecional inunda a Gruta de Lourdes. Nossa Senhora é Rainha e nada teme)
http://luzesdeesperanca.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/enchente-excecional-inunda-gruta-de.html
After that the Grotto of Lourdes was reopenned.
The news said
Tears of pain and compunction in reopening the Lourdes Grotto
(Lágrimas, dor e compunção na reabertura da Gruta de Lourdes)
http://luzesdeesperanca.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/lagrimas-dor-e-compuncao-na-reabertura.html
In that articles I have mentioned there are some links to some videos. Check out.
Dear Friars and dear brothers and sister in Christ, these things are so wonderful that I can’t refrain myself. Let me share some more news about them. They are evident signs of God to us nowadays.
Catholic Images miraculously spared by the storms in the U.S.
http://luzesdeesperanca.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/imagens-catolicas-milagrosamente.html
Virgin Mary Statue Saved NJ House from Storm Damage: Resident
A giant tree missed a Dover, N.J. home when it fell Sunday night, and one resident credits the statue at its base
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Virgin-Mary-Statue-Storms-Dover-New-Jersey-Fallen-Trees-158448835.html#comments
A St. Anthony’s Statue was preserved too.
http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2012/10/31/316520-hurricane-sandy.jpg