Do not work on Sundays

It is June 8, 1873, Trinity Sunday, in the small village of Saint Bauzille de la Sylve, in southern France. Auguste Arnaud has been working in his vineyard since 5 am. Around 7:30, the Virgin Mary appears to him and asks him to build a cross. Auguste makes a wooden cross at the place she indicated.

On July 8th, in a second apparition, the Virgin Mary says to Auguste, in the local patois: “Do not work on Sundays.” She adds: “Blessed is he who will believe and unhappy the one who will not believe. The people should go to the church of Our Lady of Gignac in procession. I tell you, you and your family will be happy.”

Auguste continued working as a winegrower, becoming a fervent Christian and observing the Sunday rest on the Lord's day. He died at the age of 93.

After a long investigation, Bishop of Cabrières authorized the construction of a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in 1879.

Saint Bauzille de la Sylve: Our Lady of Sunday