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If I should ever forget you Our Lady of Lourdes.....

There is a quotation in Sacred Scripture regarding Jerusalem that reads:  

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if I should ever forget you..."

There are many holy places that this passage would apply to including Jerusalem. But for us, when we hear this passage, our minds race to that sublime shrine where honor is given to Our Lord Jesus through His Mother Mary, her shrine at Lourdes in France.

"Lourdes, Lourdes, if I should ever forget you...."

Lourdes is such a tribute to, and affirmation of, the love and care, the concern, patience, and attention that is showered on us by our Heavenly Family.  It is also a magnificent prayer of faith the world has been given in the the desire of Our Sweet Mary, Bernadette's Aquero (Dear One), to take care of our physical and spiritual needs.  The natural question we are asked after we have visited Lourdes is, "Did you see any miracles, any cures in Lourdes?"

Praise you, Jesus, we have seen so many miracles, so many gifts from Son to Mother, and Mother to children.  Lourdes is the Wedding Feast of Cana, multiplied a thousand fold.  We can just picture Jesus and Mary up in heaven.  "Mother, it's not my problem", and Mary, just smiling, saying to us "Do whatever He tells you".  Miracles abound in Lourdes.

We have seen miracles in Lourdes.  We have seen cures in Lourdes.  But physical healings are not the greatest miracle of Lourdes.  What is the Miracle there?  Is it solely in the fact that the Mother of God came here to visit a young, uneducated girl?  Is the Miracle the many cures that have taken place here?  Is it the Spring, the miraculous waters that have poured out for the last 130 years, and show no signs of letting up? 

Indeed, all these things are miracles, gifts from Our Lord Jesus through His Mother, His loving, giving Mother.  But I believe that these were just the beginnings of a greater miracle, a catalyst of the real miracle, the ongoing miracle, the miracle of Church.  The word Catholic stands out like a neon light in Lourdes.  At any given time, tens of thousands of Catholics from hundreds of points on the earth can be found here, praising God, loving His beautiful Mother, and saying, "Yes, Lord, thank You Lord, I believe.  I trust You with my life'". 

What is it all about?  What happened in Lourdes?

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