Thousands of people have been traveling to a small rural Missouri community to see Catholic nun Sister Wilhemina Lancaster. There’s a catch, though. Later, in 2019, she passed away.

Sister Wilhemina Lancaster of the Most Holy Rosary, OSB, died on May 29, 2019, at the age of 95, and very little physical degradation has occurred in her body since then, according to the Catholic News Agency.

When nuns from the Mary, Queen of Apostles Monastery in Gower, Missouri took Lancaster’s bones inside their church, they made the shocking discovery.

In an interview with Newsweek, one sister claimed, “We were told by cemetery staff to expect just bones.”

But they were startled to see a body that was almost entirely undamaged.

Sister Wilhemina was not embalmed after she died away, and she was buried in a wooden coffin. Sister Wilhemina’s remains were nearly fully unharmed, save for a layer of mildew that had developed due to a crack in the casket.

“I didn’t just see that,” the witness insisted, “because I thought I had seen a fully developed, intact foot.” The current abbess mentioned Mother Cecilia, OSB. I then took a second, closer look at it.

Unbelief was universal.

We require optimism at this point.

The “incorruptible saints” have seen the afterlife and the bodily resurrection, according to Catholic tradition. They are referred to as incorruptible since their bodies exhibit little to no evidence of deterioration even years after death.

The absence of degradation also represents a link to Christ.

Between several hundred and more than one hundred purported instances of incorruptible remains have been canonized or beatified.

In response, the Diocese of Kanas City-St. Joseph acknowledged the “widespread interest” and subsequent “important questions.”

Sister Wilhelmina’s mortal remains must be kept intact in order for a full investigation to be possible.

Along with finding Sister Wilhemina’s unharmed bones, the sisters also found that the belongings she was interred with, such her garment, were in “remarkably preserved condition.”

It was even more amazing to see how well-preserved her sacred robe was considering how hard she had worked for it throughout her monastic life. It was composed of natural fibers. The artificial coffin lining, which was constructed of the same stuff as the artificial veil, was completely destroyed.

The sisters made a wax mask of Sister Wilhemina’s face and hands after removing the “mask of thick mold” from her face. The preservation procedure and air exposure caused some mild degeneration in the corpse, but overall it was unharmed.

Since Sister Wilhemina was discovered, many people have paid their respects to the small village. Over the Memorial Day weekend, between ten and fifteen thousand individuals each day are anticipated, according to Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish.

After being on display for several days, Sister Wilhemina’s body was put in a glass case near to the chapel’s altar.

Many consider it to be a miracle. Some contest it. How do you feel? Please share with us in the comments.