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MiraclesFebruary 11, 2025

Our Lady of Lourdes — 'I Am The Immaculate Conception'

Bernadette was illiterate. She didn't know what the words meant. How a muddy spring in France became the world's greatest healing shrine.

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6 min read Spiritual Study

In 1858, a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette saw a "Beautiful Lady" in a grotto (Massabielle). The Lady asked her to dig in the mud. A spring bubbled up. Since then, 70 miracles (medically inexplicable cures) have been officially recognized, and thousands more reported.

The Name

The priest didn't believe Bernadette. He told her: "Ask the Lady her name." On March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation), the Lady said: "I am the Immaculate Conception." Bernadette didn't know this dogma (declared just 4 years earlier by the Pope). It was the proof the priest needed.


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"O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee."
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