Our Lady of Three Ears

Join John Carpenter and the Deeper Truth research team as we review the events in Orbey, France in 1491 as Blessed Mary makes another appearance.

On 3 May 1491 at around 10 in the morning, the chronicle of Thann described a certain Thierry Schoéré, blacksmith of Orbey, while going to the market of Niedermorschwihr, (French commune of 580 inhabitants located in the Upper Rhine department in the Alsace region) at Colmar, he passed by in front of a large oak tree where a holy image was placed. According to local custom, it was to invite passersby to pray for a man who had died a few days earlier. Coming down from his horse, he knelt before the pious image and began to pray fervently for the soul of the unfortunate, when he was suddenly blinded by a dazzling light, in the midst of which a delicate and vaporous shape appeared.

It was the Virgin Mary, wrapped in white transparent veils, who had three ears of corn wheat in her right hand and a small piece of ice in her left.

“Get up, good man,” said the Virgin gently, “and listen.”

In front of the crowd, a sudden silent surrounded him, Schoéré knelt, asked the Lady for forgiveness and, finally fulfilling his sacred mission, confided the heavenly apparition to the astonished inhabitants and explained with fervor the symbolism of the ice and the three ears of corn wheat. Stunned and admired, the inhabitants listened with great respect to the story. The onlookers were deeply moved and no one dared to question the sincerity of the honest blacksmith of Orbey. The most incredulous were conquered, showed sincere repentance and swore to repent. Then, relieved and happy, Thierry Schoéré returned to the mysterious sack. But … miracle! As soon as he got it he could lift it up as easily as if it were a sack of feathers and load it onto his horse.