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THOUGH NOT YET OFFICIALLY DECLARED,
INDICATIONS ARE THAT PENNSYLVANIA BODY OF NUN WHO DIED IN 1939 IS 'INTACT'
Monday (4/4) we linked to a website explaining
the life of Mother Therese of Jesus at a Carmelite monastery she founded,
based on ancient observance, in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania (which is near
Allentown).
Deep in the story was the electrifying
description of how, when a mausoleum was being reconstructed at the
monastery, it was discovered that Mother Therese's body was still in
"human form." We first reported this ten years ago. The exhumation had
occurred in August of 2001. They hesitated to use the word "incorrupt,"
because that's something for the official Church -- which is studying her
case -- to declare.
As we stated:
"The spokesman for a monastery in
Pennsylvania has confirmed that the body of a nun who died 63 years ago --
in 1939 -- appears to be 'intact' and holding a palm that remains green. The
discovery was made last August during renovation of a mausoleum in
Coopersburg, about seven miles southeast of Allentown, where the nun, Mother
Therese of Jesus, founded the Carmelite Monastery of St. Therese of the
Child Jesus and St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi. While there are a number of
instances in Europe, the phenomenon of incorrupt, supernaturally preserved
bodies is extremely rare in the U.S. If verified by Church authorities it
will be a huge development for the American Church, which has only a handful
of saints and of those just a few, St. John Neumann, Mother Cabrini, and St.
Rose Duchesne, who were found at least partially incorrupt."
She
died [left] on Easter Tuesday morning, April 11, 1939, when at about
ten-fifteen, barely three hours after Mother's reception of Holy Communion
during the conventual Mass, a heart attack broke the frail ties that bound
to earth this zealous spouse of the Most Blessed Trinity. Her death was
hastened, perhaps, by her untiring zeal in the holy service of her Lord and
Master, Whose greater honor and glory were the mainspring of her entire
spiritual life.
This is a big and until-now obscure
Catholic story -- there in a corner of Pennsylvania. We visited it at the
time, but could only glimpse through the gate and over the stone walls that
surround the property, including the cemetery (it was closed the day we
passed through).
But holiness hangs in the air.
The strictly cloistered Coopersburg Carmelites have little communication
with the outside and so there was not the opportunity to interview other
witnesses. However, the spokesman confirmed that the palm branch was still
green. He said all Carmelite sisters are buried with a palm. According to
the diocesan newspaper, the ten Carmelites at the large, spare monastery
have been praying for Mother Therese's cause.
A source there says photographs of her
exhumed body, which are not yet allowed for public release, do show the body
still intact. Further details can not as yet be revealed.
Will she become a saint?
The case is being studied. We can join our
prayers with theirs.
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