Our Lady of TearsIt was in the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, founded by Dom Francisco de Campos Barreto, Bishop of Campinas, that Sister Amália de Jesus Scourged lived, graced with the phenomenon of the sacred stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ and with countless Marian apparitions. She was one of the first eight sisters and co-founder of the Institute, having made her perpetual vows on December 8, 1931.
The Mother of God and Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Sister Amalia many times, communicating many messages of prayer, sacrifice and penance. Our Lady introduced herself as Our Lady of Tears, taught her the Crown of Tears and revealed to Sister Amalia a new medal, the Medal of her Tears, and asked her to spread it throughout the world, because through it great conversions would be made and many souls would be saved.
In 1929, the wife of a relative of the Mother Foundress of the congregation fell seriously ill, and several doctors declared that there was no …
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