To celebrate
the One hundred and fortieth anniversary of the Apparition at, Knock we have
decided to replay a reflection Michael Keating shared with us in May 2010 .
Michael starts his reflection by reminding us that at the time of the
apparition in 1879, many people were still suffering from the effects of the
famine in Ireland 1845-1852 when one million people died and one and a half
million people emigrated (25% of the population). On a wet, windy evening at
7.30pm on 21st August 1879 Our Lady appeared with St Joseph, St
John, A Lamb on an Altar and Angels on the gable wall at the church in Knock
for two hours. Michael shares with us the significance of each of the figures
in the Apparition and the need for us to read and reflect ourselves. He also
shares with us how the first organised pilgrimage came from Limerick in 1880.
There were three hundred cures in the first year following the apparition and
many more since. Monsignor Horan was responsible for overseeing the building of
the present day Basilica, Knock international Airport and of course for
welcoming Pope St John Paul 2 to Knock shrine for the Centenary of the
Apparition in 1979.
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