The Great Gift Of Our Lady Of Lourdes!

Our Lady of Lourdes was celebrated yesterday (Feb. 11). In 1858, Our Blessed Mother Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in France.

“I raised my head and looked towards the grotto. I saw a Lady dressed in white, wearing a white dress, a blue girdle and a yellow rose on each foot, the same color as the chain of her Rosary.”  

St. Bernadette

Mary asked St. Bernadette to pray for the conversion of sinners and to build a chapel. Mary showed her a spring of water that was Blessed, and Healed so many through the years.

St. Bernadette was attacked, detained and questioned by many and many of us would be afraid. The times in which she lived were also a time where many did not believe in God. Just like the time of Our Lady of Fatima (1917) and just like our time now. But she persevered:

“There was something in me that enabled me to rise above everything.  I was tackled from all sides, but nothing mattered and I was not afraid.”

St. Bernadette

A day is coming when we also will be attacked from all sides, but we can also ask Mary, Our Blessed Mother, to pray for us so that we will be unafraid as we keep following Jesus 🙂