March 5, 2018

St. Gregory’s Sister

St. Gregory had a sister, Gorgonia, who died around the year 372. At her funeral, St. Gregory told the following tale.

Gorgonia suffered from a palsy. One night, she cast herself down, before the Blessed Sacrament, which was reserved on an altar in her home. She declared that she would not leave until she received a cure. Crying over the matter, it seems that some of her tears even fell upon the Sacred Host.

It was then that she felt, and in fact was, healed.

Shapcote, Emily Mary, Legends of the Blessed Sacrament (London, Burns & Oates) p. 23.

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