Knock
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Sep 13, 2026
John KeelyHOST
Sheila works closely with the local authority staff, community groups, stakeholders towards positive outcomes for biodiversity.
John KeelyHOST
And I believe she was also involved quite a bit with the work there in Knoxville.
John KeelyHOST
So after listening to Sheila this week, we'll listen to a reflection.
John KeelyHOST
I thought it was maybe opportune.
Sheila MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And now that we're all Ireland champions, it truly is a county that has it all.
Sheila MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So you might be asking, what is a biodiversity officer and what do I do? As with any biodiversity officer, the role and responsibilities are wide ranging.
Sheila MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We cover community outreach, education and awareness, such as a project here at Knock Shrine.
Sheila MurphySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We manage conservation projects.
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Amen.
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On the evening of August 21st, 1879, in Knock, Ireland, John Curry, being too small to see glowing figures, was hoisted upon his cousin Patrick's shoulders.
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At five years old, he was the youngest of the 15 visionaries that night.
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Each gave a testimony to what they saw.
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St. John then, and subsequently all of us, follow St. Joseph, and thereby enter into his consecration in a mysterious way.
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All Marian consecration is ultimately in, through, and with St. Joseph, and all graces flow from Christ to Mary, and then to St. Joseph, the spousal mediator of Marian grace, before coming to us.
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This reality was on full display at Knock for those with eyes to see.
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In a little-known detail about this apparition, we discover that each of the figures appear in varying degrees of brightness.
Patrick CahillHOST
So dear brothers and sisters, today is the feast of Our Lady of Knock, and maybe it's because we're Irish, but we often downplay the beauty of Ireland, or we often downplay how great it is to be Irish, and the good things about our country.
Patrick CahillHOST
I think similarly, we kind of downplay the apparitions in Knock.
Patrick CahillHOST
In fact, if you travel around the country, you'll see all sorts of grottoes at roundabouts and crossroads of Lourdes and of Fatima, but none of Knock.
Patrick CahillHOST
Now maybe because to have Our Lady of Knock and St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist and an altar and a lamb and 15 witnesses.
Patrick CahillHOST
It's a lot of statues maybe, but you wouldn't necessarily have to have the whole 15 witnesses.
Patrick CahillHOST
But yeah, for some reason, even in churches, you rarely, rarely find a statue of Our Lady of Knock.
Patrick CahillHOST
So I think it's a treasure, an undiscovered treasure, even though it all happened in 1879, so quite some time ago.
Patrick CahillHOST
But I just, when we hear about the scene, so it's the 21st of August, 1817.
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My Mother Immaculate, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel intercede for me.
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On this day, the 21st of August, in the year 1879, in a very remote and rural part of the west of Ireland, there was a miraculous apparition outside the gable wall of the parish church of a tiny hamlet called Knock.
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Knock being the Irish for a little hill.
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The apparition was witnessed by around 15 local people.
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One was a little boy aged around five, and the oldest witness was a mature lady.
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It had not been possible to legally say Mass or to celebrate any of the sacraments for two centuries, really.
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And then Catholic emancipation came in 1829, so 50 years before the apparition.
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So in praying about the apparition of Our Lady of Knock, as it is known, it's good to bear in mind the historical and religious context.
Christopher SparksHOST
Today I'm speaking with Patrick O'Hearn, co-author with Fr.
Christopher SparksHOST
Donald Calloway of The Lamb of God, the Story of Our Lady of Knock.
Christopher SparksHOST
Patrick, it's good to be speaking with you today.
Patrick O'HearnGUEST
Thanks, Chris.
Christopher SparksHOST
Well, you do keep writing books, and so we have new things to talk about all the time.
Christopher SparksHOST
So let's begin with, I think a lot of people might hear this title and be a little confused.
Christopher SparksHOST
Who is Our Lady of Knock? Does it have something to do with knocking on a door?
Patrick O'HearnGUEST
Our Lady of Knock centers on the only approved Marian apparition in Ireland that took place on August 21st, 1879 in Ireland.