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[[File:Bernadette | [[File:Bernadette Soubirous.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|Bernadette Soubirous, c. 1858]] | ||
(1844–1879) A devout peasant to whom the [[Blessed Virgin]] appeared eighteen times between February 11 and July 16, 1858, when she was 14. The apparitions occurred in a grotto near Lourdes, southern France. Mary enjoined Bernadette to “pray for sinners” and gave the warning “Penitence!” The grotto is now surmounted by the Church of the Rosary, which contains numerous crutches and gifts memorializing miraculous cures credited to Our Lady of Lourdes. | (1844–1879) A devout peasant to whom the [[Blessed Virgin]] appeared eighteen times between February 11 and July 16, 1858, when she was 14. The apparitions occurred in a grotto near Lourdes, southern France. Mary enjoined Bernadette to “pray for sinners” and gave the warning “Penitence!” The grotto is now surmounted by the Church of the Rosary, which contains numerous crutches and gifts memorializing miraculous cures credited to Our Lady of Lourdes. | ||
==The apparitions at Lourdes== | ==The apparitions at Lourdes== | ||
[[File:VirgendeLourdes.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, in the grotto where she appeared]] | |||
Bernadette Soubirous was the eldest child of a poor milling family from the village of Lourdes, in southwest France at the foot of the Pyrenees. On February 11, 1858, Bernadette was gathering firewood near a rocky grotto. Alerted by a noise like a storm, she turned towards the grotto. There in one of the openings of the rock she saw a lone rosebush that waved as if blown by a secret wind. A golden cloud formed there and soon after a lady of magnificent beauty appeared above the rosebush. | Bernadette Soubirous was the eldest child of a poor milling family from the village of Lourdes, in southwest France at the foot of the Pyrenees. On February 11, 1858, Bernadette was gathering firewood near a rocky grotto. Alerted by a noise like a storm, she turned towards the grotto. There in one of the openings of the rock she saw a lone rosebush that waved as if blown by a secret wind. A golden cloud formed there and soon after a lady of magnificent beauty appeared above the rosebush. | ||
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==Miracles of healing== | ==Miracles of healing== | ||
[[File:LA GROTTE.JPG|thumb|The grotto at Lourdes. Pilgrims can be seen filing past the spring, which flows from the base of the rock.]] | |||
The pool that flowed to the hand of Bernadette at the command of beloved Mother Mary is charged with miraculous healing properties. Today its flowing waters minister to the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical needs of those who come in faith to bathe in its waters. | The pool that flowed to the hand of Bernadette at the command of beloved Mother Mary is charged with miraculous healing properties. Today its flowing waters minister to the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical needs of those who come in faith to bathe in its waters. | ||
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==Later life== | ==Later life== | ||
[[File:Bernadette Soubirous en 1863 photo Billard-Perrin 4.jpg|thumb|upright|Bernadette Soubirous in 1863]] | |||
Following the apparitions, Bernadette served as a Sister of Notre Dame at the Convent of Saint-Gildard, where for more than seven years she endured the painful and debilitating disease of tuberculosis of the bone. During the last two years of her life she developed a large tumor on her knee, which she kept a secret as long as she could so she would not be relieved of her duties. Her life is portrayed in the film ''The Song of Bernadette'' (1943) based on Franz Werfel’s novel by the same name. | Following the apparitions, Bernadette served as a Sister of Notre Dame at the Convent of Saint-Gildard, where for more than seven years she endured the painful and debilitating disease of tuberculosis of the bone. During the last two years of her life she developed a large tumor on her knee, which she kept a secret as long as she could so she would not be relieved of her duties. Her life is portrayed in the film ''The Song of Bernadette'' (1943) based on Franz Werfel’s novel by the same name. | ||
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{{POWref|31|39|July 13, 1987}} | {{POWref|31|39|July 13, 1987}} | ||
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Lectures by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, December 3, 1973, and October 28, 1974. | Lectures by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, December 3, 1973, and October 28, 1974. | ||