The chapel is the “Church” that we ought to build where we are. “Build a chapel here.” In Lourdes, chapels were built to accommodate the crowds of pilgrims. For the Church, conversion consists of turning one’s heart towards God and towards our brothers and sisters, as Christ taught us.ĭuring the thirteenth Apparition, Mary said to Bernadette: “Go, tell the priests and that people should come here in procession and to build a chapel here.” “Come here in procession” means accompanying our brothers and sisters in this life. By “Penance”, one must understand “conversion”. Bernadette is asked: “Did the ‘Lady’ say anything to you?” She replied: “Yes, from time to time, She said: “Penance, penance, penance. However, in the deepest recesses of that heart, there lies the very life of God signified by the Spring. By these actions, the mystery of the heart of Jesus is revealed for us: “A soldier pierced his heart with his lance and there immediately flowed out blood and water.” The herbs and the mud represent the heart of man wounded by sin. What did all this mean? Nobody understood! Nonetheless, here we are at the heart of the “Message of Lourdes”.ĭuring the ninth apparition, “the Lady” asked Bernadette to scrape the soil, saying to her: “Go to the spring, drink of it and wash yourself there”. They all said: “She’s mad!” During these four Apparitions, Bernadette performed the same gestures. She tried to drink a little and then throwing it away, she took mud in her hands and smeared it on her face.

She scraped the ground three times trying to drink the muddy water at the back of the Grotto. She kissed the dirty repulsive ground of the Grotto. con otros entes sagrados del cristianismo: el Espritu Santo, Santa Mara Magdalena y las categoras de ngel y virgen.

However between the eight and twelfth apparitions, everything changed: Bernadette’s face became harsh, sad, and sorrowful, and above all she performed incomprehensible gestures… She moved on her knees to the back of the Grotto. During the first seven apparitions, Bernadette’s face always radiated joy, happiness and light. That is the Kingdom of God, the world of true Love. In spite of her poverty, her illness and her lack of education, Bernadette was always deeply happy.

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