Miracles, wrought by the intercession of Prince Hohenlohe, in the person of Miss Mary Lalor, of the Queen's County in Ireland, Miss Mary Stuart, of the city of Dublin, and Miss Barbary O'Connor, of England, : with the pastoral letters of the Right Rev. Doctor Doyle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare, and of the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Arch-Bishop of Dublin, with the affidavits of several persons, and certificates of the several doctors.

Date:
1823
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Credit: Miracles, wrought by the intercession of Prince Hohenlohe, in the person of Miss Mary Lalor, of the Queen's County in Ireland, Miss Mary Stuart, of the city of Dublin, and Miss Barbary O'Connor, of England, : with the pastoral letters of the Right Rev. Doctor Doyle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare, and of the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, Arch-Bishop of Dublin, with the affidavits of several persons, and certificates of the several doctors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    distress, and healing your infirmities, preparing in your sight a table against all who afflict you, and urging you, by these manifestations of his power and goodness, to rely upon.his Providence, “ whereas he has care of you.” Signs and wonders are not necessary at all times, nor in all places; yet they have never ceased in the Church of God, because he is always in the midst of his people, and must fulfil his promise to them, “ that whatever they ask the Father in his name will be done for them;” but in our times it is meet that signs and wonders should, in some degree, revive, because error has pervaded the earth, and the very foundations of the Faith have been assailed. Hence it is just, that the Lord should arise to judge, as it were, his own cause. Therefore it is that ourselves have beheld him, “reining with a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and with anger poured out,” on one day chaining a persecutor to a rock, on another dissolving the league of infidels, or by prodigies compell¬ ing his very Enemies-to exclaim, “surely the finger of God is here.” At this time, and in this place, it is worthy of his Pro¬ vidence that the light of his countenance should be shed upon his faithful people. We have long experienced the truth of his prediction to those who were to walk in his foot-steps, and carry after them their Cross, namely, “ that the world would rejoice, but that they would be sad;” and the present period has added sorrow to our sorrow, and pressure to our distress. Our Religion is traduced—our rights are withheld—our good name is maligned—our best actions are misrepresented—crimes are imputed to us, against which our very nature revolts —our friends are silenced, and our enemies insult us, and glory in our humiliation. It is meet therefore, and just, that Ae, for whose name and faith we suffer, should cast upon us a look of compassion, lest we faint in the way, or be overcome by temptation—that he should comfort his people, and renew to them, by visible signs, an as¬ surance that he watches over them:—that a hair of their head will not perish, and that, possessing their souls hs