Marvelous, pious, and very
wonderful miracles she performs.
Saint Mary1, the one Who guides us
by day and night and brings us peace.
Concerning this, I would like to tell you of a wonderful
and extraordinary miracle which this Virgin,
Mother of God, performed in Flanders
for a woman who once went to
the church of Hers which has been given
to us, that we might behold Her face
in Paradise, where God wishes to
grant those who please Him joy and mirth.
That woman took with her
a very small boy, her child,
and gave him to the Virgin in an offering
in order to protect him from evil and sickness
and ensure that he would say
and always know well what is right.
As I learned, he left eating his bread2.
This boy ran fast, paused and stood in line
Near the Son3of that image4,
and then said: “Do you want a piece?”
Then the figure4of the very wise Virgin
said to Her Son3: "Tell him without hesitation
not to be afraid, but ask him to dine with You
where there is singing and pleasure,
and be rid of the very cursed
devil that is evil in the writings."
When She said that, the image4of the Christ
replied to the boy: “You will eat
with Me tomorrow in Heaven, and after you have
seen Me, you will dwell with Me forevermore
where you will hear the saints sing,
which drives away sadness and evil.”
After that, he died
young, and went straight to live with God.
1. Saint Mary = Virgin Mary.2. Daily bread.3. a. b. Son = Christ.4. a. b. c. In this case, the word "image" or "figure" means "statue"; that is, for Christian religions and beliefs, any kind of sculpture like that representing a person is an image.