Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes Blessed, Immaculate Virgin, by your appearance in the Grotto of Lourdes, many have been cured of their infirmities, both spiritual and physical. Mother of Mercy, Healer of the Sick, Comforter of the Afflicted, you know my needs and my sufferings. Look upon me with mercy. I come, therefore, with confidence in your maternal intercession. Obtain for me, from your Divine Son, O loving Mother, this special request... (mention need, here) Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for me. Amen.

SAINT BERNADETTE'S FAMILY

The Lady said, "I am the Immaculate Conception."

Chapelet à Lourdes

MORE OF THE SICK PRAYING  HEALING WATERS OF LOURDES WILL HELP THEM.

THE SICK HOPING FOR A CURE

When offered money “Oh, no, no. I want to stay poor.”

When asked about whether she had performed a miracle. “I don’t think I’ve cured anyone whatsoever, and besides I haven’t done anything for that reason.”

THE INCORRUPTIBLE BODY OF SAINT BERNADETTE

In 1866, she became a Sister of Notre Dame at Nevers, and she remained there until she died at Nevers on April 16. Lourdes soon became one of the great pilgrimage centers of modem Christianity, attracting millions of visitors. Miracles were reported at the shrine and in the waters of the spring, and after painstaking investigation the apparitions were ecclesiastically approved. Bernadette was canonized in 1933 by Pope Pius XI.

Prayer of Saint Bernadette "Let the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart. O Jesus! Release all my affections and draw them upwards. Let my crucified heart sink forever into Thine and bury itself in the mysterious wound made by the entry of the lance."

Born at Lourdes, France, on January 7, the oldest child of miller Francis Soubirous and his wife, Louise, she was called Bernadette as a child, lived in abject poverty with her parents, was uneducated, and suffered from asthma. On February 11, 1858, while collecting firewood on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes, she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in a cave above the riverbank.

Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Marie Bernadette Soubirous 1844-1879 Feast Day: February 18