(Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland)

Reading the descriptions of those who have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary is inspiring and uplifting. And if His Mother, a creature, is so beautiful, imagine what it will be like to see the Face of God Himself.

Here's a tidbit from when Lucia saw Our Lady at Fatima...

"They saw a Lady, and she was so beautiful that they were never after able to describe her in terms they believed fitting to her radiance and glory. The Lady was young -- no more than sixteen years old, and she appeared to be standing on the topmost fragile leaves of a small oak tree, looking down at them with tender interest. 'It was a Lady,' Lucia has written, 'clothed in white, and brighter than the sun, radiating a light more intense and clear than a crystal cup would be, were it filled with sparkling water and lit with burning sunlight.' 'Please don't be afraid of me,' the Lady said to the children; 'I'm not going to harm you.'"

~ John de Marchi, IMC, The True Story of Fatima, imprimatur 1952.