TO SEE THE ROYALS PLAY A PERFECT, PRESERVED PIECE OF HISTORY IN A SMALL MISSOURI TOWN, THE TOWN OF GOWER, MISSOURI, HALFWAY FROM SMITHVILLE TO SAINT JOSEPH OFF 169 HIGHWAY IS BEING FLOODED WITH VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND THEY WANT TO GET CLOSE TO SEE THE JUST EXHUMED BODY OF A NUN. KMBC NINE. MATT EVANS MADE THE TRIP TWO TO EXPLAIN THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THIS DISCOVERY. THE USUAL PEACEFUL SOUNDS AT THE BENEDICTINES OF MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES MONASTERY JUST OUTSIDE GOWER HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE SOUNDS OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING TO VIEW THE BODY OF ITS FOUNDER. NOT THAT OLD, BUT I’VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT IN MY LIFE. THESE LITTLE BROTHERS OF THE LAMB HITCHHIKED HERE FROM KANSAS CITY WHEN A RELIGIOUS BROTHERS WE DO A VOW OF OBEDIENCE. SO WE ARE SENT. AND AS BROTHERS WE CAN BE SENT IN ONE OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES. OTHERS CAME FROM NORTH DAKOTA, POWERFUL EXPERIENCE, VERY POWERFUL. AND NEBRASKA. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST RARE EVENTS IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES. AS WORD HAS SPREAD ABOUT WHAT MANY CONSIDER A MIRACLE. SISTER WILHEMINA LANCASTER DIED IN 2019. HER SISTERS BURIED HER ON THE GROUNDS HERE. BUT EXHUMED HER BODY TO PLACE IT IN A FINAL RESTING PLACE INSIDE THE CHAPEL. THEY EXPECTED TO FIND BONES, BUT INSTEAD FOUND HER BODY, REMARKED, PRESERVED AN INCORRUPT PERSON IS A SIGN OF THEIR HOLINESS. THERE ARE JUST AROUND 100 CASES OF INCORRUPT SAINTS IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. IT’S FAIRLY RARE. IT’S NOT. IT’S NOT NORMAL. EVEN WITH EVEN WITH EMBALMED BODIES, THERE IS A PROCESS OF OF CORRUPTION THAT TAKES PLACE. EXPERTS TELL US THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE WOULD HAVE TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION AND EXAMINE THE BODY TO CONFIRM THAT IF IT IS A MIRACLE THAT THEN THEY WOULD WANT TO. FIRST VERIFY. AND SCHOLARS SAY JUST THE FACT THAT THE SISTER’S STORY IS BEING ELEVATED TO THIS LEVEL IS PROFOUND IN AND OF ITSELF. SISTER MARY WILHELMINA IS AN EXAMPLE. SHE IS A PART OF THAT TRADITION. THOSE WHO ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THAT DISCRIMINATION AND BARRIERS HAD NO PLACE WITHIN THE CHURCH. AND IF SISTER WILHELMINA IS DETERMINED TO BE A SAINT, IT WILL NOT ONLY CHANGE THIS MONASTERY, BUT IT WILL CHANGE THIS AREA FOREVER. HERE IN GOWER, MATT EVANS, KMBC NINE NEWS. WE REACHED OUT TO THE DIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY, SAINT JOSEPH. THEY TELL US THAT SINCE THIS IS SUCH A RARE OCCURRENCE, THEY’RE STILL WORKING ON NEXT STEPS. AND THE SISTER AT THE MONASTERY SAYS SHE WILL BE LAID OUT UNTIL MAY 29TH AND THEN HER BODY WILL BE ENCASED I