“This simple yet extraordinary message tells us that Our Lady wanted a relationship of the heart. She calls us today to the same kind of relationship with Her – one of the Heart, one of a Mother who protects, guides and loves Her children…”
In this edition of A Minute with Mary, Paul Elarde reflects on the apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes.
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In 1858 in Lourdes, France, Our Lady appeared to a young fourteen-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous. Mary would appear to her eighteen times starting on the 11th February to 16th July. Now Bernadette was a simple, uneducated girl who had poor health. One day, when collecting firewood, Bernadette heard a noise like a gust of wind although no trees were moving. She saw a beautiful lady dressed in white above the grotto. This grotto was a place where the pigs sheltered.
It was not until the 3rd apparition that Our Lady speak. By this time Bernadette had pen and paper ready, but Our Lady told Bernadette that what She has to say, did not need to be written down. This simple yet extraordinary message tells us that Our Lady wanted a relationship of the heart. She calls us today to the same kind of relationship with Her – one of the Heart, one of a Mother who protects, guides and loves Her children.
Our Lady appears over a pig shelter as a sign that She wants to transform us into something beautiful. She wants to transform our souls so that we can become holy for Her Son and reflect His love to our world which so desperately needs to know and experience the power of God’s love.
