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Pere Lamy - Mystic and Founder of Religious Congregation

Pere Lamy (Father John Edward Lamy) 1855-1931 - Mystic and Founder of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary

The source for this information is from the book "Pere Lamy" by Comte Paul Biver, translated from the French by Monsignor John O'Connor, 1973, Tan Books and Publishers.

The author Comte (Count) Paul Biver was a very close friend of Pere Lamy. He conducted numerous informal interviews of Pere Lamy in his house not long before his death in 1931 (in fact, he died in the house of the author on Dec. 1, 1931). This holy priest had visions of the past and of the future, of Our Lord, the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, the Angels - even Lucifer. He founded the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary, built a Chapel to our Lady of the Woodlands, cared for countless wounded soldiers and sick people during World War I, was called the Priest of the "ragpickers" and hooligans for having directed a Youth Movement and cared for countless street boys in Troyes and La Courneuve and was a Parish Priest for over 30 years. The many accomplishments of his life are an amazing proof to us of what one priest can do. Profound and enlightening are his statements on religious subjects. He said the Rosary almost continuously, slept but one or two hours a night, could smell sin even through a penitent's perfume, conversed regularly with his guardian angel, effected miracles and made prophesies.

Childhood

Jean Edouard Lamy was born on June 23, 1853 at Le Pailly, France. His father was a farmer and also a masonry worker, and his mother Marie Janinel was a diligent and loving housewife.
About his childhood, his sister, Mrs. Vauthelin testifies- "My brother and I slept in the same room from our earliest years, and our parents only lodged us apart when I was 12 years and he was 15. From the moment that I began to observe things about me, until I was 12 years old, I have never once seen him in his bed. He was all night praying, kneeling on his stool without support, before the statue of Mary Immaculate. She was set upon the chimney piece and lit by a little lamp which he had got from our mother. I never once woke without seeing him in this attitude. Never for years have I seen his bed unmade. Perhaps he lay down one time or another., I could not swear to it, but I never once saw him lie down. Our mother noticed it from time to time and use to say to him- "But, my child, the Blessed Virgin does not ask as much as that." And yet, we were working hard, he and I, during the day time. Twice a week we used to go together to sell our stuff at the market at Langres (6 miles distant), loaded up to the limit; and he working in the fields from morning till night, and he even broke stones on the high road."

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PNeri
Where are these good men today? True Apostles of Christ.
RoccoAnthony
Nice story!