The Eucharistic Miracle of Pibrac

MIRACLES—Mystics panels 11/02/08 12:11 Page 6 The Eucharistic miracle of Pibrac is about Saint Germaine Cousin (1579-1601), In order for Ste Germaine Cousin to participate in the Holy Celebration of the Mass, she had to cross through a violent stream with extremely high waters; the waters divided in two and let her pass undisturbed, om the time that our young shepherd girl became motherless, her father remarried a woman who, from the very start, demonstrated hostility towards her because Germaine's face was full of acne and was not easy to look at. The stepmother, who could not stand the sight of Germaine's face, convinced her husband to make Germaine live in the small basement under the steps. The poor girl found herself so completely isolated in that basement that the rats were often her only companions.

Germaine, however, was very close and devoted to the Lord and in parti- cular loved the Blessed Sacrament and prayed and visited on a daily basis. Every day she would leave her sheep unattended to receive the Holy Eucharist and miraculously the herd would never be attacked by wolves. FRANCE, 1589 Germaine made to live in a basement under the steps by heavy rains had rendered the stream impossible to pass through, but the young girl decided to affront the furious waters of the stream and get through so she could receive Communion.

cater in rder o et c ss, she made the sign of the Cross and while she was reciting her prayers she saw the waters miraculously separate in two. This happened on the way back, also.