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all ran round to the gate to look down the 

 road the other side of the hedge, but the 

 vision had disappeared. They all ran in in the 

 greatest excitement to tell their tale. "The 

 Light in the Bush" was witnessed by the 

 brethren on other occasions. On 8th Septem- 

 ber they all went into the meadow : it was 

 perfectly dark everywhere else. The bush was 

 all aglow with light, presenting a most mys- 

 terious appearance. They knelt opposite the 

 bush and began to sing the " Ave Maria," and 

 on their doing so they at once perceived the 

 form of a woman surrounded by light at the 

 top of the meadow by the gate ; it advanced 

 slowly until at last it stood before them in the 

 bush, but sideways the face and head covered 

 by the veil. On i4th September the Rev. 

 Father, who had been absent, returned home ; 

 and on the i5th he and his brethren had sung 

 the last vespers of the Feast of the Blessed 

 Virgin. By eight o'clock it was very dark ; 

 they sang the " Ave Maria " three times. No 

 sooner had they begun to sing an "Ave" in 

 honour of the Blessed Virgin herself than the 

 whole heavens and mountains broke forth in 

 bulging circles of light circles pushing out 



