Our Domestic Church » Mary http://ourdomesticchurch.stblogs.com Being a missionary for Christ starts at home Tue, 12 May 2009 13:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Our Lady of Lourdes – February 11 http://ourdomesticchurch.stblogs.com/2009/02/04/22/ http://ourdomesticchurch.stblogs.com/2009/02/04/22/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:38:24 +0000 ourdomesticchurch http://ourdomesticchurch.stblogs.com/?p=22

Our Lady of Lourdes – February 11

Our Lady, Mary the Mother of God, appeared near Lourdes in southern France in the year 1858.  She came to a young peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous 18 times.  During these visits St. Bernadette prayed her Rosary with Our Lady and listened to what She had to say.  Mary revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception and asked Bernadette to pray for the conversion of sinners.  When she asked Bernadette to dig a fountain in dry dirt, a spring began to flow.  The water, that still flows from this spot, has shown remarkable healing power to this day.  Over the years over 5,000 cures have taken place.  Sixty-five of these have been designated Miracles.

As a family, pray a Rosary for the conversion of sinners on February 11.

Read more about Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette Soubirous at the following sites.

http://www.catholic.org/clife/mary/

http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/lourdes.htm#LOURDES

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rosary and bible If there is anyone reading this and wondering about the Rosary, I’ll share what I can. As we say the prayers of the Rosary we are thinking about and meditating on the Life of Jesus. The Birth of Jesus, Baptism of Jesus, the Agony in the Garden, The Crucifixion, and the Resurrection to list a few. We pray the Apostles Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary. Think about the words of the Hail Mary …. ‘Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners and now and at the hour of our death. Amen.’ These are not words of worship. They are a request for her help. We ask others to pray for us all the time. Why not ask the woman God chose to be the mother of his son, Jesus? Through her help, we may more completely understand Jesus’ life and teachings.

There are many great sites which explain it much better than I. Today, I came across one.  There you can find not only a great explanation of it all but also the history and each of the mysteries you can think about while praying. Take a look. I learned some things too.

www.familyrosary.org/main/rosary.php

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