Isigcwagcwa: yilokhu okushiwo yiNkosikazi yethu ku- "Irish Lourdes"
Kusihlwa ngoLwesine 21 Agasti 1879, cishe ngo-19 kusihlwa, lina kakhulu futhi kuvunguza umoya onamandla. UMaria Mc Loughlin, inceku yompristi wesonto uDon Bartolomeo Cavanagh namanye amantombazane amabili bazithola sebephuthuma esontweni. Okwamanje ukukhanya kombani kukhanyisa izibalo ezintathu ebumnyameni. Ngenxa yemvula, abesifazane abanaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ziyizithombe ezathengwa umpristi wesifunda noma enye into. Baxoxa ngakho nabanye futhi ngokushesha cishe abantu abayishumi nanhlanu beminyaka ehlukene beza endaweni yesehlakalo. Ngokuphazima kweso kukhonjiswa kubo ukukhanya kobumnyama phakathi kobumnyama bokuhlwa kwemvula lapho bonke abakhona bewubona ngokucacile umcimbi ongaphezu kwemvelo, ophakanyiswe cishe ngo-30 cm otshanini bomhlaba, obumelwe yimidwebo emithathu ne-altare. Omkhulu futhi osendaweni ethuthukile maqondana nabanye, isithombe seNkosazana eNgcwele siyabonakala: unengubo emhlophe futhi ugcina izandla zakhe ziphakanyisiwe nezandla zakhe zibekwe phambi kolunye, njengompristi ngesikhathi seMisa eNgcwele. ILady yethu igcina amehlo ayo eguqukele ezulwini ekucabangeni okujulile. Kwesobunxele sakhe kukhona uJoseph oNgcwele izandla zakhe zisongelwe ngomkhuleko, ngakwesobunxele esikhundleni salokho uSanta John the Evangelist ngengubo emhlophe ebonakalayo. UGiovanni uphethe incwadi evulekile ngesandla sakhe sobunxele, kuyilapho ilungelo lakhe liphakanyisiwe. Uhlelo lokusebenza luphinde lubonise i-altare neWundlu laphezulu kulo nesiphambano esingenalutho. I-altare likhanyiswa ngokuqhuma kwezulu lokukhanya kanye nesibani esithambile sedayari, ngenkathi amanye amaNgilosi ezulazula lapho. Umbono uthule, kepha uyinkimbinkimbi futhi ukhuluma kahle kakhulu. INdlovukazi eNobusisiwe, phakathi nendawo iziveza iqotho ebukhazikhazini bayo, ithatha konke okumzungezile. Lolu hlelo lokusebenza luhunyushwa ngokushesha njengophawu lwasezulwini lokucela wonke amaKristu ukuba aqhubeke ethembekile eSontweni LamaKatolika, ikakhulukazi enkolweni kaMarian Eucharistic. Wonke umuntu uguqa ngamadolo, ekhangwa ngumbono omuhle kangaka wobukhazikhazi. Ababukeli bashintshanisa okuvelayo kulezo zibalo nophawu abalumelayo futhi, naphezu kokwehluka kobudala nemfundo, bayavuma ukuqaphela uNkk. endodeni engakwesokudla uJoseph oNgcwele, umyeni wakhe; kumuntu wesobunxele u-Saint John the Evangelist, umvikeli weNtombi nto ekufeni kukaJesu; i-altare nesiphambano zibonisa i-Eucharist; iwundlu limelela uJesu uMhlengi. Cishe ngo-21 pm uhlelo lwasemini luyanyamalala ukuze lungaphinde luphindeke; kwathatha amahora amabili. Bonke abantu ababusiswe ngobukhazikhazi obunjalo bahlala bemangele futhi bemangele ezinsukwini ezalandela, akekho owakhuluma ngakho ngokwesaba ukusabalalisa isipho esingokomoya kanjalo ngamazwi. Umpristi wesonto uphikile ukuthi ubekade eyiqembu la.
Ngemuva kophenyo olunzulu lombhishobhi onekhono, kwamenyezelwa ubuqiniso bohlelo lwenkolo futhi kwaqashelwa ukwamukelwa kwesonto. UKnock Mhuire, obizwa nangokuthi "I-Irish Lourdes" uye waba enye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu eYurophu lapho uMariya ahlonishwa njengo "Ndlovukazi yase-Ireland" futhi kufakazelwe ukuphulukiswa okuningi nokuguqulwa okuningi. Ngo-1954, unyaka waseMarian kuwo wonke umhlaba wama Katolika, ngoDisemba 1, uMadonna waseKnock wagcotshwa umqhele weVictoria Isahluko ngomkhosi owalandelwa nguPius XII wokufaka umqhele wokudweba uMfazi Wethu uSalus Populi Romani, eRoma, Novemba 8st.