The Prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist

Sister agnes recited the prayer with mary, who instructed her to addt word truly when speaking of jesu's presence in the eucharist. After they said the prayer, mary said, pray very much for the pope, bishops and priests. Soon, the statue of mary developed a wound in its right hand, mirroring the one in sister agnes s left hand. At first, the wound on the statue looked like two dark crossed lines, which witnesses compared to the marks of a pen or pencil. And it had blood flowing from a central hole. Witnesses reported the wound changing with time, becoming carved as if it were cut with something like the tip