Italy, "Rosa Mystica"
in 1945 Pierina Gilli, a nursing sister at the hospital in Montichiari,Italy, in the Brescian Alps near
Milano, was visited by Our Lady dressed all in purple with a heart displayed on her breast pierced by
3 swords. At the next appearance she had changed her dress to all white with a gold border (as at
Fatima) and on her breast were three roses -- red, white and gold or yellow, which stand for prayer,
sacrifice, penitence. Each time Pierina was visited Our Lady asked for the same things from the
people. On December 8th Our Lady appeared to her in the Dom Cathedral on a huge white
staircase lined with angels, and she asked Pierina to make a cross with her tongue on four bricks on
the floor, after which Our Lady stepped off the staircase and onto the bricks. These bricks are now
miraculous and they have been protected by a railing around them. In the suburb of
Montichiari, at Fontanelle where there stood an unused abandoned well, Our Lady also appeared
and Pierina was asked to descend the steps backwards and kiss each step, after which Our Lady
placed her bare foot on each one all the way to the bottom, where she touched the waters twice
with her hands. The waters are now miraculous and one side is used to drink from while the other is
used to bathe in. The well is now called the Spring of Grace and there are many pilgrims who visit
the site annually. Pierina has been forbidden by the bishop to visit the sites any longer, but she still
has the benefit of Our Lady's visits to her in a private chapel in the Convent specifically set aside for
these visits.
At the Spring of Grace they still present statues of Our Lady, the Mystical Rose to be blessed
during each month. The first 12 days are set aside for special prayers each month, and the 13th day
is a day devoted to Our Lady and special prayers are said then. The statues which are blessed are
sent throughout the world as Pilgrim Madonnas which have in many different spots been blessed by
weeping real tears, tears of blood or tears of oil or Myrrh.
Also, when Our Lady appeared to Pierina she appeared with Francisco and Jacinta who each held
up a hem of her cape on either side of her. The Miracle of the Sun also appeared at
Montichiari-Fontanelle...as well as Our Lady appearing over the wheatfields, after which the grain
was ground into flour to make communion wafers and a measure was set aside to send to Fatima to
the bishop there, per Our Lady's request.
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