Mariette Beco was 12 and a half years old when she reported eight Marian apparitions in 1933 in Banneux, Belgium, a hamlet about 15 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of the city of Liège. She was the eldest of seven children and her family's living conditions were difficult. They lived in a modest working-class house on the outskirts of the village, near a large pine forest.
According to Mariette, she first saw the Blessed Virgin on the evening of Sunday 15 January 1933, as she was looking out the kitchen window. A woman in white stood in the garden of their house and called to her to come out with a wave of her hand. But her mother forbade her to go out. She is described as a young lady in the yard smiling at her. The woman was bent slightly forward and wearing a long white gown with a blue sash, and a transparent white veil.
Three days later, on Wednesday 18 January 1933 around 7 p.m., Mariette had been praying on her knees in the garden of her house. Suddenly, the Lady appeared again and called her to leave the garden and head for the road. At some point, Mariette kneeled by a ditch, in front of a puddle of water coming from a spring. The Lady then told her : "Push your hands into the water" and "This spring is reserved for me".
The next day, on 19 January 1933, the Lady appeared to Mariette while she was kneeling on the path in a bad weather. Mariette then asked her : "Who are you, beautiful Lady?" The Lady answered : "I am the Virgin of the Poor". Then, after having led Mariette along the path to the spring, the Virgin told her : “ This spring is reserved for all Nations... to relieve the sick”.
On 20 January 1933, Mariette went out around 6.45 p.m. and the Virgin appeared to her again. Mariette asked her: “What would you like, my beautiful Lady?" Smiling, the Virgin replied : "I would like a little chapel." The Virgin stretched out her hands, and with her right hand blessed Mariette.
On 11 February 1933, Mariette has once again been dragged to the spring by the Virgin. Three days later, on 15 February 1933, the Virgin appeared for the sixth time. That time, Mariette passed on Abbé Jamin's request for The Virgin to show them a sign. The lady replied : "Believe in me, I will believe in you." She also added for Mariette: "Pray a lot." The Virgin then gave her a secret and left.
On February 20, the Virgin told Mariette at the spring : "My dear child, pray a lot". Mariette then waited ten days before seeing the Virgin for the last time. On 2 March 1933, during a rainy day, Mariette was praying her third rosary when, around 7 p.m., it suddenly stopped raining and the Virgin appeared. That day, according to Mariette, Mary told her : "I am the Mother of the Savior, Mother of God. Pray much."
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