Lourdes

Salah satu penampakan Bunda Maria paling terkenal adalah penampakan Bunda Maria kepada Bernadette Soubirous di sebuah gua dekat kota Lourdes di Perancis pada tahun 1858. Tempat itu kemudian menjadi tempat ziarah goa Maria paling populer setelah tempat ziarah Maria (Our lady of Guadalupe) di Mexico.

Thursday 11th. February 1858: the 1st meeting

Accompanied by her sister and a friend, Bernadette went to Massabielle on the banks of the Gave to collect bones and dead wood. Removing her socks in order to cross the stream, she heard a noise like a gust of wind, she looked up towards the Grotto : "I SAW A LADY DRESSED IN WHITE, SHE WORE A WHITE DRESS, AN EQUALLY WHITE VEIL, A BLUE BELT AND A YELLOW ROSE ON EACH FOOT." Bernadette made the Sign of the Cross and said the Rosary with the lady. When the prayer ended the Lady suddenly vanished.

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