As a young teenager, she had a series of visions of the virgin mary in the massabielle grotto, ultimately leading to the founding of the shrine of lourdes. In the words of st Bernadette believed it was faith and prayer that was responsible for curing the sick
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Bernadette asked the local priest to build a chapel at the site of her visions and the sanctuary of our lady of lourdes is now one of the major catholic pilgrimage sites in the world.
Saint bernadette soubirous was a poor, uneducated peasant girl who no one would believe had seen apparitions of the blessed mother
But mary had appeared to her, and lourdes has become a popular shrine of devotion to mary, the immaculate conception, and of healing. Saint bernadette soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an impoverished miller in lourdes, france Her family resided in the basement of a decrepit building when, on february 11, 1858, the blessed virgin mary appeared to bernadette in a cave by the gave river. She is, therefore, a saint of modern times, and the remarkable facts of her life are readily accessible to all.
All that we know of the apparitions and the message of lourdes came to us from bernadette She alone saw the lady and all depends on her testimony Bernadette soubirous, a girl from france encounters our lady, mary, out of obedience digs a spring by a grotto The waters from this spring help thousands throughout generations with the healing they need.
11, 1858, in a cave on the banks of the gave river near lourdes
The visions continued for a period of several weeks. On this day in 1858 a young, poor girl named bernadette soubirous was out collecting firewood with her sister and another friend near a grotto when she saw a vision of a lovely lady
