Imbonakalo: le yilento ithethwe nguMama wethu kwi "Irish Lourdes"
Ngokuhlwa kwangoLwesine umhla wama-21 ku-Agasti 1879, malunga nentsimbi yesi-19 ngokuhlwa, iyanetha kakhulu kwaye kuvuthuza nomoya onamandla. UMaria Mc Loughlin, isicakakazi somfundisi weparishi uDon Bartolomeo Cavanagh, kunye namanye amantombazana amabini bayakhawuleza badlula ecaweni. Okwangoku, ilitha likhanyisa abantu abathathu ebumnyameni. Ngenxa yemvula, abasetyhini abaqinisekanga nokuba yimifanekiso eqingqiweyo ethengwe ngumfundisi weparishi okanye enye into. Bathetha ngayo nabanye kwaye kwangoko malunga nabantu abalishumi elinesihlanu beminyaka eyahlukeneyo beza kuloo ndawo. Ngequbuliso ukukhanya okubonisa diaphan kuboniswa kubo ebumnyameni bobusuku obunemvula apho bonke abakhoyo babona ngokucacileyo indawo engaphaya kwendalo, ephakanyiswe malunga ne-30 cm engceni yomhlaba, emelwe ngamanani amathathu kunye nesibingelelo. Ngobungangamsha kwaye ekwisikhundla esiphambili ngokubhekisele kwabanye, umzobo weNtombi eNgcwele uyabonakala: unesambatho esimhlophe kwaye uphakamise izandla waphakamisa iintende, enye ibekwe phambi komnye, njengombingeleli ngexesha leMisa eNgcwele. UMadonna ugcina amehlo akhe ejonge esibhakabhakeni xa ecamngca nzulu. Ngasekunene kwakhe nguSt.Joseph esonge izandla ethandaza, ngasekhohlo endaweni yoko uSt.UJohn onguMvangeli kumkhwa omhlophe wobupapa. UJohn uphethe incwadi evulekileyo ngesandla sakhe sasekhohlo, ngelixa ilungelo lakhe liphakanyisiwe. Isibonakaliso sikwabonisa isibingelelo neMvana kaThixo kunye nomnqamlezo ongenanto kuso. Isibingelelo sikhanyiswa yimitha yesaqhwithi kunye nokukhanya okuthambileyo, ngelixa ezinye iingelosi zijikeleza zisijikelezile. Umbono uthe cwaka, kodwa unzima kwaye uyiciko. Intombikazi enyulu, izibonisile ime nkqo kubungangamsha bayo, ifunxa yonke into eyingqongileyo. Isibhengezo sitolikwa kwangoko njengophawu lwasezulwini lokubhena kuwo onke amaKristu ukuba ahlale ethembekile kwiCawa yamaKatolika, ngakumbi kwinkolo ye-Marian Eucharistic. Wonke umntu uguqa ngokuzinikela, etsalwa ngulo mbono umangalisayo wobungangamsha. Ababonisi batshintshiselana ngeembonakalo kula manani kunye neesimboli abazimeleyo kwaye, nangona benokwahluka kweminyaka nobudala bemfundo, bayavuma ekuqondeni kuNkosazana Maria SS. kwindoda ekunene eSt Joseph, umyeni wakhe; kwindoda ekhohlo uYohane oNgcwele uMvangeli, umkhuseli weNtombi Enyulu ekufeni kukaYesu; isibingelelo nomnqamlezo zimele uMthendeleko; imvana imele uYesu uMhlawuleli. Malunga ne-21 emva kwemini umbono uyanyamalala, ungaze uphinde uphinde kwakhona; yathatha iiyure ezimbini. Bonke abantu ababesikelelwe bubungangamsha obunje bahlala bexakekile kwaye bethe nqa kwiintsuku ezalandelayo, akukho namnye owathetha ngako esoyika ukusasaza isipho somoya esinjalo ngamazwi. Umfundisi waseParish wakhanyela ukuba ebeyinxalenye yeli qela.
Ukulandela uphando olunzulu ngubhishophu onobuchule, ubunyani bokubonakala kwabhengezwa kunye nokunikezelwa kwecawa. UKnock Mhuire, okwabizwa ngokuba yi "Irish Lourdes" uye waba yenye yezona ndawo zingcwele zibaluleke kakhulu eYurophu apho uMariya ahlonelwa khona njengo "Queen of Ireland" kwaye uninzi lokuphilisa kunye nokuguqula kungqinelwe. Ngo-1954, unyaka wamaMariya kwilizwe liphela lamaKatolika, nge-1 kaDisemba, ngokuvuma kweSahluko seVatican, iMadonna yaseKnock yathweswa isithsaba kulandelwa nguPius XII kwisithsaba somfanekiso weLady Lady Salus Populi Romani, eRoma, kwi Nge-8 kaNovemba.