Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1937 (2)

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In a pleasant valley of France there lies a little city where by the favor of God lightning never falls. This favor, unique, in the world, dates back to the time when the church of Murat (Canta!) was burned by lightning except a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, in 1493, and ever since the town has been named Our Lady of Olives. The Virgin Mary is the Olive recalled in scriptures (Eccl. Chap. XXIV, 19.) This marvelous way of being protected against lightning deserves to be known throughout the world and ought to be ex- tended to the four corners of the universe. By virtue of the medal of Our Lady of the Olives; the persons who carry it are preserved from lightning wherever they be during a storm. It is a privilege attached to the medal which bears the unique name in the annals of the church, Our Lady of the Olives. Why could not this marvelous lightning arrester be on all our steeples, our houses and our barns, everywhere? Who will refuse to carry on his person this safe preserver against an awful death? Who will refuse to say once a day: "Our Lady of the Olives, pray for us and !live us thine aid?"