🇨🇵Lourdes, France: Torchlight Procession

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is in the town of Lourdes, France. It comprises an area of 51 hectares, and includes 22 separate places of worship. There are six official languages of the Sanctuary: French, English, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and German. About 6 million people visit Lourdes annually, and the town has about 270 hotels to accommodate pilgrims.
In 1858 from February 11 to July 16, Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old peasant girl, called Bernadette Soubirous, while playing in the stream with her sister and friend. The vision was of Mary standing next to a rose bush at the entrance to the Massabielle grotto, on the left bank of the stream. Bernadette saw this vision 18 times. On the land bordered by a loop of the Gave de Pau river is an outcrop of rock called Massabielle, (from masse vieille: "old mass"). On the northern aspect of this rock, near the river bank, is a naturally occurring, irregularly shaped shallow cave or grotto, wherein the apparitions took place.
Virgin Mary instructed Bernadette Soubirous to "Go and drink from the spring", "Go and tell the priests to build a chapel here", and "Have the people come here in procession". These three instructions in particular were to prove pivotal in the development of the Domain and its ceremonies. The local priest, Abbé Dominique Peyramale, together with his bishop, Monsignor Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou Laurence, bought the grotto and the land around it from the commune in 1861, 3 years after the apparitions. Immediately they set about modifying the area to make it more accessible to visitors, and started work to build the first of the churches, which is now known as the Crypt.
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, born as Marie Bernarde Soubirous, called Bernadette Soubirous (7 January 1844 - 16 April 1879) had Marian apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto at Massabielle. These apparitions occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the woman who appeared to her identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception." After a canonical investigation, Soubirous's reports were eventually declared "worthy of belief" on 18 February, 1862, and the Marian apparition became known as Our Lady of Lourdes. Since her death, Soubirous's body has remained incorrupt. On 8 December 1933, Pope Pius XI, declared Soubirous a saint of the Catholic Church. Her feast day, is observed on 16 April.

[@oscarselda871]

Our lady of Lourdes pray for us thank you po lord Jesus christ. Amen po 💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏

[@elaineboyernjjjklklpoy838]

Our lady of lourdes thank you and Bernadette as without this beautiful place people would not have been healed Amen

[@luisarossi6370]

Nostra Signora di LOURDES prega per Paola Edoardo Eugenio che affido al tuo grande cuore materno. Stringili a TE amali e difendili da ogni malattia, da ogni male e da ogni persecuzione. Sono tuoi figli incoraggiali sempre con il tuo amore materno. Hanno già sofferto. Dona loro la forza di andare sempre avanti ma soprattutto di amarti insieme a tuo figlio Gesù. GRAZIE MARIA. Prega per loro. AMEN

[@eyerusalemgebru1159]

I Love lourdes Frankreich 😍🥰🙏🥰🙏 Amen 🥰🙏

[@alejoh3179]

Amen

[@LumiereBleue5]

Magnifique. C.est comme si je revivais ce moment de l'année dernière. Si précieux. Prévoyez un kway. Début procession pluie. A la fin comme Nous avons quand même réussi à voir cette procession lumineuse . Mais retour en courant . Avec les malades . hospitaliers. Les charrettes sous la pluie pas évident. Chants en diverses langues. Et plusieurs pays exprimaient leurs fois Pour 2023. Nous attendons vivement ce nouveau départ. Notre communauté. Tous Unis dans la même foi. A tous pour mon dioscaire. A très bientôt. Demain pâques. Certains vont se retrouver. 😊🙏.

[@walkingthroughblessings]

Beautiful comment Anna. We are indeed united and one in our faith. Hope you have a blessed pilgrimage season again. Happy Easter to you!

[@lilianminz6753]

Blessings and prayers

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[@graceantuon6838]

Que bello adoro ese lugar gracias x compartir❤❤❤❤

[@yeboiadiel1384]

Blessing and prayers

[@linorlineses461]

Countless people love Mother Mary and the Blessed Trinity in Jesus’’ name! Alleluia!

[@naginbhaivaghela6597]

Thanks Maa Mariyam tujhe dhanyawad thanks Amen.

[@LumiereBleue5]

Quelle marche dans la journée. Avec un soleil de plomb. Pour arriver à la Basilique. Puis attention ça descend raide à l.interieur. Bientôt le retour. Plus que quelque mois.

[@LumiereBleue5]

La procession est beaucoup plus importante lorsque chaque dioscaire de plusieurs region s.y associe avec les hospitaliers. Malades .les charrettes Infirmières. Les organisateurs. Le mouvement est triplé. Mais çà reste un môme très émouvant. Très beau.

[@rybryb9808]

thank you lord🙏🙏🙏

[@naginbhaivaghela6597]

Good very Good Thanks Amen

[@clariceanthony9648]

Pray that we will be able to come back next fall🙏

[@maskutchitamagotchiworld1911]

God bless you all and stay safe. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@walkingthroughblessings]

🙏🏻

[@cookingwithalphonse5239]

Thank you very much 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏽

[@mariediaz1004]

We pray that we can return to do volunteer in Lourdes, France. Anen.

[@aung3627]

‌ဘရာဝတ်ပြုသူများညိမ်ချမ်ကြပါစေ

[@archanswethayghgkjuh6205]

🌹🌹🌹make me stand infront of You and your rosary from Lords.🌹🌹🌹 O Mother Mary! Amen.

[@walkingthroughblessings]

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[@zawadihabinamwisho1253]

Amen Amen Amen.

[@dan77734]

Follow Mary, she knows the way to God.

[@arabindowbaskar8673]

Please pray for me I am kidney patient under dialysis.

[@walkingthroughblessings]

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[@donbosco6212]

The entire bells of the entire churrch are proclaiming the resurrevtiprtiun of the entire world and for the entire universe , forever and ever, Amen for Christ has already been defeated the darkness by his birth and death for there is no darkness in the world and no darkness in the entire universe,, forever and ever, Amen,

[@rmp7400]

Ave Maria+❤

[@marialozano8237]

Nuestra Señora de Lourdes ruega por nosotros y por todos los enfermos.

[@marialozano8237]

Nuestra Señora de Lourdes me encomiendo a tí y encomiendo a mis hijas y a todos los niños y jóvnes .Madre Santa llevalos a los pies de tu Hijo.el mundo está arratrando a los niñis y jovenes al desorden de su vida y perdición de sus almas

[@walkingthroughblessings]

🙏🏻

[@MarthaGonzalez-zl7oq]

Así sea 🙏

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🙏🇨🇴🇪🇸

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🙏🙏

[@CypDrummer]

17:25

[@ingridlinbohm7682]

It is outside but the masks are on. The submission to the covid cult is near completion! This is depressing. Still I like the unifying Latin credo. Despite everything the true faith has not been completely vanquished.

[@rmp7400]

@Ingrid Often there are local laws demanding adherence.... Please, just pray with confidence in the Immaculata: Her Immaculate Heart will triumph+❤

[@janedelaney4327]

I am sure they did not want to make the procession a spreader event and respected the health of all who participated.

[@michaelegan3774]

Amen.

[@kusumamjoseph3531]

Blessings and prayers

[@walkingthroughblessings]

Thank you!!

[@wilsonjoseph16]

Blessings and prayers

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