"I am the Immaculate Conception" - a Message That Changed Everything for This Poor, Simple Girl in the Pyrénées - & for All of Us
We are all called to be saints, whatever our station in life.
Saints always suffer… are we ready to do that, with grace and love and joy?
THREAD:
https://x.com/Chris_SmithsJ/status/1780164564392251750
Useful weblinks:
VISIT: The Sanctuary at Lourdes: OFFICIAL WEBSITE
WATCH: EWTN docudrama: The Message of Lourdes
[click on link above or screencap below]
Our family visit to Lourdes in the cold, wet and grey midwinter over a decade ago was one of the most profoundly moving experiences in my entire life.
For one, the volunteers at the Baths exuded the warmest love and care I’ve not felt from any other strangers before or after.
I’ve yet to visit the incorrupt body of St Bernadette. And return to Lourdes. Maybe, one day….
Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes:
I have yet to watch this channel, but it features movies on the saints and may be of interest: Formed https://formed.org/
I recall that you visited Lourdes. There is a Lourdes grotto simulation in Maryland near the shrine to St Elizabeth Seton. Perhaps you have seen it?
Another Marian apparition, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the subject of an important novena ongoing since March and culminates in December. Perhaps you are participating in this initiative?
https://novena.cardinalburke.com/novena/reflection-three-april-12-2024#reflection-one