The Last Doorbell Rung. My Memoirs (Gilberte Degeimbre)
“A Liar.” This is how the mother of Gilberte Degeimbre considered her daughter, one of the five children who witnessed the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Beauraing. Gilberte had to wait until the final apparition for the mother to finally believe. Beyond a simple autobiographical story, this edited English text, introduces the lector to the daily life of a little 9-year-old girl, who suddenly is witness to extraordinary phenomena. If the encounters with the Virgin declare her fortunate, contributing to a happiness never known, it was a veritable Calvary that she experienced between apparitions that gain our attention. Disowned by her mother, she had to face, after each manifestation of the Virgin, a bitter course of scientific and ecclesiastical interrogations. A poignant story that reveals beyond the immense joy of the apparitions, a daily Way of the Cross endured by the last seer of Beauraing.
“A Liar.” This is how the mother of Gilberte Degeimbre considered her daughter, one of the five children who witnessed the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Beauraing. Gilberte had to wait until the final apparition for the mother to finally believe. Beyond a simple autobiographical story, this edited English text, introduces the lector to the daily life of a little 9-year-old girl, who suddenly is witness to extraordinary phenomena. If the encounters with the Virgin declare her fortunate, contributing to a happiness never known, it was a veritable Calvary that she experienced between apparitions that gain our attention. Disowned by her mother, she had to face, after each manifestation of the Virgin, a bitter course of scientific and ecclesiastical interrogations. A poignant story that reveals beyond the immense joy of the apparitions, a daily Way of the Cross endured by the last seer of Beauraing.
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Preface 7<br />
“<strong>The</strong> true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming<br />
into the world.<br />
He came to what was his own, but his own people did<br />
not accept him.<br />
But to those who did accept him he gave power to<br />
become children of God, to those who believe in his<br />
name.<br />
And the Word became flesh, and made his dwelling<br />
among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as the<br />
Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.”<br />
(John 1: 9, 11-12, 14. N.A.B.)<br />
Dear <strong>Gilberte</strong>: Thank you for having been with your sister<br />
Andrée, with Fernande, <strong>Gilberte</strong>, and Albert Voisin<br />
faithful and tenacious witnesses.<br />
+ His Excellency Rémy Vancottem,<br />
Bishop of Namur<br />
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