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Statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Grapevine, TX, USA. The other illusory image is that of the Blessed Virgin. These things are meant as examples for us. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Instead she put all the attention on the visions she had of Holy Mother Mary and shared her important message with the world—the need for prayer and penance. She was chronically sick. When the work is done, the broom is put behind the door again.”. The people gathered in front of the cave looking at Bernadette actually watched the actions of the Holy Virgin. Big, big contrast to the so-called “seers” of Medjugorje who can’t get enough of the camera, $peaking appearances and real estate in Medjugorje proper that they can rent out to pilgrims deceived into going there. She was only 35.
The Church investigated the visions and confirmed their authenticity in 1862.
Yet chosen by God to receive this miraculous message and teach it to the world.
She sat down by herself to remove her shoes and stockings to make the crossing as the other girls walked ahead. Why did the Holy Virgin organize this show? She was given the religious name of Marie-Bernarde and her patron saint was St. Bernard.
Or Oscar. The post-apparition behavior of St. Bernadette is very much similar to Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia of Fatima. She appeared multiple times in front of civil and religious commissions to tell her story. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. Her famous quote, upon reflecting on her own fate while in this world: “What do you do with a broom when it is done being used? The world would learn soon enough she was a spiritual powerhouse. The illnesses of her childhood would catch up with Bernadette at the monastery.
While still a small child, Bernadette contracted cholera and struggled with very bad asthma which continued the rest of her life. A dazzling light and white figure emerged from the alcove behind the niche. She was the oldest of nine children, most of whom died at young ages. Or who hath been his counselor?” Romans 11:33-34, Faithful Roman Catholic, Molon labe, stay frosty On his day, 11 Feb 1858, the Blessed Virgin made her first appearance to Bernadette in the grotto at Lourdes.
How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways! Kinda like naming a wiener dog Heidi. St. Bernadette of the Broom Factory My Grandma Lena had a St. Bernard named, you guessed it, Bernadette. so beautiful!! Our world seems to thirst for these things. When someone once asked her about the visions, she told them, “The Virgin used me as a broom to remove the dust. St. Bernadette Soubirous-I’m just a broom, Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Blessed Virgin Mary. emperor.
At this point her fame began to grow. St. Bernadette of Lourdes, 1858.
In many ways, we seek them out, even setting aside good things we already have in our lives in pursuit of these ego boosters.
Some believed her and others thought she must have a mental illness and should be put into an asylum. Her famous quote, upon reflecting on her own fate while in this world: “What do you do with a broom when it is done being used? Many pilgrims traveling from around the world found healing and peace at Lourdes, and 69 cures have been verified by the Lourdes Medical Bureau. It would later become the place at Lourdes where millions of pilgrims pray and drink from the miraculous water to obtain healing. While she was still a young girl, St. Bernadette of Lourdes could have been swept from obscurity into the fame and attention that was pressed upon her. Bernadette had a hard time in school because she was sick so often. On February 11, 1858, she went out to gather firewood with one of her sisters and a friend near the grotto of Massabielle. Mary focused her message to Bernadette on the need for prayer and penance. Bernadette was so poor, her family lived in a one-room windowless cellar with a dirt floor. The family was extremely poor. Follow Us @ Sacred Art and Quotes of the Saints The feast day of St. Bernadette of Lourdes is celebrated on April 16. Not just women, but what were St. Peter’s “credentials”?
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Our minds easily become engrossed in how many likes we got on Facebook, how long the interview was on the news, or how many people have texted us about our new fame. Theodora = God’s Gift, Louis XIV ‘Dieudonne’ – ‘God’s Gift’, etc, etc … In conclusion: the Blessed Virgin, as the Heavenly Empress, announced in Lourdes that She would give the world the real Sun King, the Fire promised by Jesus Christ himself. Maybe that's why her bathroom door had a tiny black poodle door knocker on it.
"Both her voice and gesture were very happy," the witness went on to say.” ― St. Bernadette