Our Lady of Lourdes appeared eighteen times Bernadette Soubirous (Bernadette Soubirous, in Spanish), in the cave of Massabielle (south-western France), in the middle of the 19th century. She introduced herself as the Immaculate Conception and how Maria, Mother of Godtransmitting to Saint Bernadette the certainty that God is love.
Shortly after the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, Lourdes became a place of international pilgrimage, where have been carried out many miracles and healings throughout the years.
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Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes by Pope Saint John Paul II
God save you, Mary,
poor and humble woman
blessed by the Most High!
Virgin of Hope,
new times prophecy,
we associate ourselves with your song of praise
to celebrate the mercies of the Lord,
to announce the coming of the kingdom
and the total liberation of man.
God save you, Mary,
humble slave of the Lord,
glorious Mother of Christ!
Faithful Virgin,
holy abode of the Word,
teach us to persevere in listening to the word,
and to be docile to the voice of the Spirit,
attentive to your suggestions
in the privacy of our conscience
and its manifestations
in the events of history.
God save you, Mary,
pain woman,
mother of the living!
virgin bride at the foot of the cross,
new Eve,
be our guide through the paths of the world;
teach us to live
and to spread the love of Christ;
teach us to be with you
at the foot of the innumerable crosses
in which your Son is still crucified.
God save you, Mary,
woman of faith,
the first of the disciples!
Virgin, mother of the Church,
help us to always give reason
of our hope,
trusting in the goodness of man
and in the love of the Father.
Teach us to build the world from within:
in the depth of silence and prayer,
in the joy of brotherly love,
in the irreplaceable fruitfulness of the cross.
Holy Mary, mother of believers
our Lady of Lourdes,
pray for us.
Amen.”
Miraculous prayer to the Virgin of Lourdes
“Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, you who appeared to Bernadette, little and simple shepherdess of Bigorra, in the hollow of the rock of Massabielle, you brought her the resplendent light of your smile, the sweet and radiant radiance of your presence.
You created a relationship with her throughout the days, in which you looked at her, like a person talks to another person.
We are before you, poor us too, and we humbly pray to you.
Let those who doubt discover the joy of trust. Make those who despair feel your discreet presence. Mary, our Lady of Lourdes, you who revealed your name to Bernadette by simply saying “I am the Immaculate Conception”, make us discover the joy of forgiveness that is always offered, put in us the desire for recovered innocence and joyful holiness.
Help the sinners who don’t want to see.
You have given birth to the savior of the world, look tenderly at our splendid and dramatic world. Open in us the paths of hope, guide us towards the one who is the living source, Jesus, your son, who teaches us to say: Our Father…Amen.”
Prayer to the Virgin of Lourdes to ask for a healing
“Oh most lovable Virgin of Lourdes, Mother of God and our Mother!
Filled with sorrow and with tears flowing from their eyes,
we come in the bitter hours of illness to your maternal heart,
to ask you to spill hands full
the treasure of your mercy upon us.
We are unworthy, for our sins, that you listen to us,
But remember that it has never been heard
that none of those who have come to you have been abandoned.
Tender mother! Kind mother! Sweet mother!
Since God works by your hand countless cures in the prodigious Grotto of Lourdes,
healing so many victims of pain,
also keep a look of blessing for our poor patient… (name is said).
Obtain from your Divine Son Jesus Christ the desired health,
if it is to be for the greater glory of God.
But much more obtain for us all the forgiveness of our sins,
patience and resignation in suffering
and above all a great and eternal love for our God,
prisoner for us in the Tabernacles. Amen.
Virgin of Lourdes, pray for us.
Comforter of the afflicted, pray for us.
Health of the sick, pray for us. Amen.”
Act of trust in Mary
“Blessed are you, God, our Father,
that you created Maria so beautiful,
and you gave her to us as a mother
next to the cross of Jesus.
Blessed are you because you called us,
like Bernadette,
to see Mary in your light
and drink at the fountain of your heart.
You know, Mary, the miseries and sins
of our lives and our world.
We entrust ourselves to you on this day,
fully and without reservation.
We want to be reborn from you every day
by the power of the Spirit,
and live the life of Jesus as
humble servants of our brothers.
Teach us, Maria,
to lead the life of the Lord.
Teach us the Yes of your heart. Amen.”
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