Lourdes: ma hope o ke koma, ka huakaʻi huakaʻi, ka hoʻōla

ʻO Marie BIRÉ. Ma hope o ke koma, Lourdes… Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Marie Lucas ma ka 8 ʻOkakopa 1866, ma Sainte Gemme la Plaine (Palani). Maʻi: ʻO ka makapō o ke kumu waena, atrophy papillary bililary. Ua hoʻōla ʻia ma ka 5 ʻAukake 1908, i ka makahiki 41. Hana ʻia ka hana mana ma Iulai 30, 1910 e Mons. Clovis Joseph Catteau, ka bihopa o Luçon. Ma Pepeluali 25, 1908, hele mai ʻo Marie mai kahi koma akā hāʻule ʻo ia i ka pō. Eia ua makapō ʻo ia! Ke loaʻa hou i kona ʻuhane, makemake ʻo ia e hele i Lourdes. Ua loli kona ola ma kahi o ʻumi mau lā: ma Pepeluali 14, 1908, hōʻike koke ʻo ia i nā hōʻailona weliweli: ka luaʻi o ke koko, ke kūlana pre-gangrenous o ka forearm a me ka lima hema me ka ʻehaʻeha loa. ʻEkolu a ʻehā paha mau lā ma hope mai, ua hāʻule ʻo ia i kahi koma mai nā kumu o ka lolo. Ma ʻAukake 5, 1908, ua hana ʻo Marie i kēia huakaʻi i makemake nui ʻia. Ma hope o kahi Mass i ka Grotto, ua ʻike koke ʻo ia i kāna ʻike. Ninaninau ʻia i ka lā like e ka ophthalmologist, pono e ʻae ʻia kahi hanana kupaianaha: ʻaʻole i nalo nā kumu anatomical o ka makapō, akā hiki nō iā Marie, me nā mea āpau, ke heluhelu i ka paʻi liʻiliʻi o ka nūpepa a nā kauka i waiho ai iā ia. I nā makahiki aʻe, ua nānā hou ʻia ʻo ia e nā kauka. ʻAʻohe mea ʻeha hou. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia kāna hoʻōla e like me ka huina a hoʻomau.