The Grotto,Lourdes

The Village of Saint Bernadette(Andy Williams)-Our visit to the Sanctuary of our Lady of Lourdes

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March 24th 2016
Today we experienced something we have never seen before and it is hard to accurately describe the emotions we felt during our visit to the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes where a simple peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, reported a vision of the Virgin Mary. Neither of us are Catholics but we were both deeply moved by what we saw and experienced during our three hour visit to the gro ... read more

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