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Our Lady of Lourdes – France -19th Century
My favourite shrine is Lourdes. It fills my mind with
soothing images. The presence and sound of water. The Lady asked Bernadette
to scratch the earth and healing water flowed. It is a place of wheel
chairs and stretchers, where the sick are hosted like nowhere else on
earth. They take first place in all processions and celebrations. People
from all over the world come together here. There is peace, hospitality and
joviality in the air, and everyday market bargaining. It is a place apart.
When Bernadette was hassled by the authorities about the
truth of her visions, she said,’’ The Lady did not ask me to make anyone
believe, She only asked me to tell my story. Force is never God’s way. Invitation
is.
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