The story of Our Lady of Tears has its origins in the apparitions received by Sister Amália of Jesus Scourged in the chapel of the convent of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Amália Aguirre, born in Riós, Spain, on July 22, 1901, came to Brazil with her family when she was young. She joined the
religious congregation in Campinas, where he experienced apparitions and sacred stigmata of Jesus Christ, as well as several apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
During the 1930s, in the chapel on Avenida Benjamin Constant, in Campinas, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared several times to Sister Amália, transmitting
messages of prayer, sacrifice and penance. On March 8, 1930, the Virgin Mary presented herself as Our Lady of Tears and revealed to Sister Amália the Crown (or Rosary)
of Tears.
On April 8, 1930, Our Lady also revealed to Sister Amália a new miraculous medal, known as the medal of evocation to Her tears. She asked that the medal
was spread throughout the world, because through it many miracles, conversions and salvation of souls would occur. The medal bore the image of Our Lady of Tears delivering the
Crown of Tears to Sister Amália on the front, and on the back, the image of Jesus in chains with the words: By Your Divine Meekness, oh Jesus in chains, save the world from the error that
threat!
Although Sister Amália made the Medal and Crown of Tears known in 1930, this devotion remained almost unknown for several decades, despite having reached some
foreign countries. Sister Amália died in Taubaté, Brazil, on April 18, 1977.
“My daughter: what men ask of Me through the tears of My Mother, I lovingly grant.”
— The Great Promise of Jesus Handcuffed to Sister Amália (08-11-1929)
“This rosary will obtain the conversion of many sinners, especially those possessed by the devil. Through this rosary the devil will be defeated and the power of hell destroyed.”
— Words of Our Lady of Tears to Sister Amália (08-03-1930)
