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“Drink from the spring and wash in it,” said the beautiful Lady. At
her command Bernadette Soubirous, the little shepherdess of Lourdes,
looked around for a spring. There wasn’t one. So she scratched at the
loose gravel. Then from the murky water that appeared she first drank
and then washed her face. She must have looked ridiculous. But in the
following days the puddle became running water and then a stream. Since
that day in 1858 countless pilgrims have bathed in and been healed by
the waters of that spring. These waters and their healing power
(sixty-nine documented miracles) are some of the most immediate and
enduring fruits of our Lady’s appearance at Lourdes.
Continue reading here: https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/02/11/three-lessons-from-lourdes/
Continue reading here: https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/02/11/three-lessons-from-lourdes/
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