Fifty-fourth point. The graces obtained by his intercession

Her answer on the fifty-fourth point was :

Many of those who came to pay their devotions at the tomb of our Blessed Founder, have assured me that they received great and miraculous favours there, both as regards bodily and spiritual maladies. A young child of about seven years of age, who had never been able to stand, owing to the malformation of his legs and the weakness and twisted condition of his knees, was brought

250 Saint Sane $. tie (Mjantal'a Impositions by his mother, who assured us of this fact, to the tomb of our beloved Bishop.

Three days after she had begun to pay her devotions there, one of our lay sisters brought this child, hitherto so powerless, to the parlour, and I saw him walk about in the presence of two Jesuit Fathers and some of our sisters, the child himself showing the greatest delight at the benefit he had received. And it is well known to me and many others, that many afflicted persons, lame, deaf, dumb, blind, and even possessed, have come to this holy tomb for healing, and in many instances have obtained what they desired, leaving there numbers of crutches and walking-sticks which they no longer needed, and which therefore testified to their recovery. One holy Priest told me that it was impossible to enter this Church without a special feeling of devotion, and that even at night and in the morning, when it was shut, people would come and kneel outside the door to say their prayers, so it was found necessary to close it very late at night and open it very early in the morning.

I may add that about twenty-five Nuns of this Convent, I myself being among the number, have, since the death of our Blessed Founder, noticed in different parts of the house most sweet and strange odours, which could not proceed from any natural causes. Of this we are quite certain be cause, at the time that we perceived them, we made careful inquiries as to whether any perfumes or sweet-smelling things had been burned or mixed in the house, but nothing had been, so that we could only attribute them to the visits of our Blessed Founder. Among the sisters also there is one who has entirely lost her sense of smell, but yet these delicious odours were perceived by her twelve or thirteen times on the same day, in different places, and I who arn making this depo sition, declare that one day, being sorrowful and distracted in my prayers, I became suddenly aware of a most sweet odour, followed by an extraordinary recollection of spirit. And this is well known in our Convent.