4 Jan

Mary

Posted by Mrs.Pogle.

Written 26/07/06

I have had a wonderful spiritual blessing today…I went to Rosary prayers, and then Mass today, and the Church was full of the scent of Madonna lilies. I felt refreshed, and lifted up out of my situation as a result.Since coming home, I have been aware of the scent of lilies, growing stronger and stronger ~ great, intoxicating, delicious wafts of it, until I now feel enveloped in a cloud of fragrance. No-one else here can smell it, it is in every room I go in, and outside. There is not a lily in sight here, and whilst at Church, I niether went near to, or touched any of the lilies on the altar, and around the statue of Mary.

I can smell it, overpoweringly now, as I type!
This may sound far fetched, but I have heard others tell of experiencing the fragrance of the Lord. I believe this is the fragrance of Mary, and I am comforted, reassured and utterly delighted by this beautiful experience, so thought I’d share it with you.
The more I breathe in these wafts of perfume, the more calm, relaxed and recovered I feel! The more I smell it, the more I feel I am being healed…

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Responses to this post.

  1. Posted by Deirdre on August 28, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    Thank you for your wonderful story of lillies.

    I sat struggling to finish my masters thesis in July, I looked at a statue of St Anthony of Padua, feeling stressed and anxious to meet a dealine. I thought of him reading scripture without three children and a full time job! I felt even more frustrated. Then out of thin air the most enveloping aroma of lillies surrounded me. I was alone in the house, I felt as if invisible arms hugged me. I cannot describe the feeling of calm.

    Since then I submitted my thesis and made a spontaneous visit to St. Anthony’s Bascillica Padua, Italy with my family.

  2. Posted by Lisa on September 1, 2009 at 3:30 am

    How beautiful… your story and the story of the first commenter. Moments of grace… Thank you, Dear Lord Jesus!

  3. Posted by Mrs.Pogle on September 1, 2009 at 11:53 am

    Thank you both Deirdre and Lisa,

    I haven’t experienced this fragrance since that first time, but the memory of it will always be with me :)

    Ave Maria, gratia plena,
    Dominus tecum,
    benedicta tu in mulieribus,
    et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.
    Sancta Maria mater Dei,
    ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
    Amen

  4. Posted by Mary Nicewarner on October 7, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Beautiful story! I have heard of people experiencing the odor of sanctity but have not experienced it myself. What a blessing!

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