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What is the lake at Lourdes called where Bernadette saw visions of the Virgin Mary?
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The Lake of Lourdes is a completely separate place to where St. Bernadette saw the Virgin Mary. She saw her close to the river Gave, in a place that was then known as the Massabielle. When in Lourdes, people do go to the lake of Lourdes, but it is only a tourist attraction for activities and sight seeing, but has nothing to do with the apparitions or the religious aspects of Lourdes.
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How many apparitions of Lady of Lourdes have there been?
As a young girl in 1858, Bernadette Soubirous supposedly saw eighteen separate apparitions of the Virgin Mary in a grotto near Lourdes. Bernadette's little friend who was with her on the first occasion, saw nothing. Although she was sometimes accompanied by others when she again saw these apparitions, only Bernadette was able to see the visions she described. Bernadette called the young woman in her visions aquero - "that one" - and it was only when others told her she had seen the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, that Bernadette realised that she had indeed done so. The lack of any corroboration by other witnesses saw the local clergy ridicule her claims but then, as pilgrims began to arrive, they accepted them as true.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary
Do you believe in the apparitions at Lourdes?
Lourdes is the place where, in 1858, a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous, supposedly saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary in a grotto. Even her little friend who was with Bernadette on the first occasion, saw nothing. Although she was sometimes accompanied by others when she again saw these apparitions, only Bernadette was able to see the visions she described.Bernadette called the young woman in her visions aquero - "that one" - and it was only when others told her she had seen the Virgin Mary that Bernadette realised that she had indeed done so. The lack of any corroboration by other witnesses saw the local clergy ridicule her claims but then, as pilgrims began to arrive, they accepted them as true. The Catholic Church soon saw the commercial possibilities of these apparitions and aggressively marketed Lourdes as a place of pilgrimage. In these circumstances, no I do not believe in the supposed apparitions at Lourdes.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary
What miracles did Saint Bernadette do?
Saint Bernadette had 18 visions of Mary in 1 year bernadette Sid as Mary told her when she returned each day.this was called the holy fortnight.bernadette died of tuberculosis in 1879 when untreated.30 years after her death she was examined and is now inncorupt in Lourdes France on display.
Why is our lady of Lourdes called our lady of Lourdes?
It is mainly a name to be called as an apparition that St Bernadette saw for 16 days. It can also be called Mary
Did Bernadette live with her family in Lourdes?
Bernadette lived in a few places in Lourdes with her family, and also in Bartres, a village close to Lourdes. She also spent time living in Lourdes in different places to her family and she then left Lourdes to go to a town called Nevers, where she spent the rest of her life.
Who shared one of Bernadette's visions at Lourdes?
Catholic Answer:Bernadette was the only person who saw the 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Even the Church did not take her seriously until the 16th apparition when the vision finally revealed who she was. She is reported to have told Bernadette, "I am the Immaculate Conception." Even though the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception had been define four years previously, few beyond the clergy knew anything about it as it had not yet been made widely known to the laity. Bernadette could not have known the term. Due to her poor health she had been unable to attend school or catechism classes and had virtually no knowledge of her own Catholic faith at the time beyond what she might have learned from her parents.The town of Lourdes was the greatest beneficiary of the apparitions. As pilgrims flowed into the town from around the world hotels, restaurants and other such facilities to care for the visitors sprang up and Lourdes now is second only to Paris for the number of hotels in France.For a list of all 18 apparitions and what occurred at each, see the link below.
What is the story of Lourdes?
.AnswerThe story of Lourdes is yet another story of the love of a Mother for her children. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette, a young girl in Lourdes, France and told her to drink of the water. There was no water there, Bernadette dug in the ground and the spring which appeared now provides a great flow of water, at which many people, over the years, have been healed. As of now, nearly 7,000 of them have been healed physically, and many more spiritually. Bernadette entered a convent, and to this day, her body is preserved incorrupt in a glass coffin. For more information, see the links below.from the website Our Catholic Faith: In 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France, Our Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl.She revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, asked that a chapel be built on the site of the vision, and told the girl to drink from a fountain in the grotto.No fountain was to be seen, but when Bernadette dug at a spot designated by the apparition, a spring began to flow. The water from this still flowing spring has shown remarkable healing power, though it contains no curative property that science can identify.Lourdes has become the most famous modern shrine of Our Lady.Read the whole story of the Miracles at Lourdes and about St. Bernadette
Why is Mary called Our Lady of Lourdes?
In 1858 a peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have received miraculous apparitions of a lady in a grotto near a waste dump beside a river. She first saw the woman while gathering wood with her sister. The lady appeared several times and identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception" a title reserved for the Blessed Virgin Mary who was conceived without original sin. The lady gave messages to Bernadette and verified them and her authenticity by a miracle where a rose bloomed in winter and showing Bernadette where to dig into the ground with her hands which yielded forth a spring the water of which was soon discovered to contain miraculous properties, even bring back a dead boy, curing cancer, healing the crippled and blind, etc. After careful scrutiny and testing the Church declared the apparitions authentic and recognized their miraculous character. The lady is thus received for who she claimed to be, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ.
Why is Lourdes so special for Catholics?
Lourdes is important to Christians because Our Lady appeared to St Bernadette and led her to a spring with healing water. Many people have been healed from the water and many Catholics go on pilgrimage to Lourdes..Roman Catholic AnswerThe most important thing about Lourdes is God's message to us, which He sent via the Blessed Virgin Mary: poverty, prayer, penance, and the Church. The healings are just miracles attesting to the fact that this is a genuine miracle and we are to listen to it. In all the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin she has only appeared to reinforce the message of the Scriptures and Holy Church. Below are two links about Lourdes and its message, and the third link is to a book about St. Bernadette's writings.
What happened at the place of pilgrimage called Lourdes?
AnswerThroughout the past 2,000 years of history, Our Blessed Lady has appeared numerous times, with the same message every time: that people need to repent of their sins, believe in her Son, pray, and reform their lives. Lourdes was one of these incidents. One of the outstanding differences with her appearance at Lourdes were the spring, which was not there before, and the healing miracles which have occurred there right from the beginning.Because of these miracles, people continue to pilgrimage to Lourdes and pray for the Virgin�s intercession.There have been uncounted miracles at Lourdes over the years. For the most part these are miracles which cannot be seen - spiritual and mental healings. However, the most amazing part, since the very beginning, has been the physical healings, of which there have been literally thousands. Because of skeptics and others who are wont to disparage this, the Church has been very cautious about proclaiming real miracles, and the unbelievable strictness of the requirements for a "complete physical healing miracle" mean that very few are actually accounted miracles on the Church's official lists: for the miracle to be recorded by the Church, it must be completely unexpected, the patient must be taking no medications or other treatments which might have effected the cure; the cure must be total and lasting, and totally unexplainable. Of the nearly 7,000 recorded miracles, only 67 have been validated as meeting all of the Vatican's stringent requirements. (See the third link at the bottom) But if you talk to any serious pilgrim who has gone to Lourdes with a real problem for healing, 90% of the time they will tell you that, for them, they had a real healing somehow. The 67 cases are indications beyond any possible skeptic, proving that Our Blessed Lady is indeed praying to God to work these miracles, and everyone who has gone and asked God for healing is touched in some way. Some of the cures have been inexplicitly worked on non-believers who weren't even aware of where they were.
Why did St. Bernadette become a saint?
St. Bernadette became a saint because of her renowned piety, humility, and devotion to the Catholic Church. She is best known for her visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, which led to the establishment of the famous Marian shrine there. Her life of prayer, suffering, and service to others made her a revered figure in the Catholic faith.
What is the story of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes?
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes was a French peasant girl who, in 1858, claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary at a grotto near her town. She experienced several visions of Mary, who instructed her to dig a spring that became a site of healing. Despite skepticism, Bernadette's visions were eventually declared authentic by the Catholic Church, and she dedicated her life to prayer and charity. She is now considered a saint and her shrine at Lourdes is a major pilgrimage site.
