We are blessed in Monterey with her image inside the cathedral, to the right of the sanctuary, and outside in a grotto with the image of St Bernadette as well. Been to Guadalupe many times but not once to Lourdes: have to remedy that. Thanks, Terry, and Good Lent, Fr P
I love Lourdes - I went there as a pilgrim - penniless as well. It was beautiful. I remember I wanted to eat french fries so badly. I enjoyed all the shop windows - and right on the main street I think it was, was the Poor Clare monastery chapel. It was a rainy wet morning and I recall smoke and fog and incense - or so it seemed to me. Someone gave me a little sweet roll. It was all very romantic, like a scene from Dickens. I visited on my way from Italy to Compostella - after that, headed to Fatima and returned to Lourdes on my way back to Assisi.
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Beautiful...my girls were there and the candles smell heavenly. Have a wonderful day and stay warm!
ReplyDeleteWe are blessed in Monterey with her image inside the cathedral, to the right of the sanctuary, and outside in a grotto with the image of St Bernadette as well. Been to Guadalupe many times but not once to Lourdes: have to remedy that. Thanks, Terry, and Good Lent, Fr P
ReplyDeleteI love Lourdes - I went there as a pilgrim - penniless as well. It was beautiful. I remember I wanted to eat french fries so badly. I enjoyed all the shop windows - and right on the main street I think it was, was the Poor Clare monastery chapel. It was a rainy wet morning and I recall smoke and fog and incense - or so it seemed to me. Someone gave me a little sweet roll. It was all very romantic, like a scene from Dickens. I visited on my way from Italy to Compostella - after that, headed to Fatima and returned to Lourdes on my way back to Assisi.
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