The First Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
On the morning Thursday of February 11th, 1858, Immaculate Virgin Mary appeared for the first time to Bernadette Soubirous. It was at the grotto of Massabielle (at Lourdes) in France.
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The Second Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
After the first apparition of Thursday, February 11th, Bernadette wanted to go back to the Massabielle the very next day, but her mother, after talking the matter over with a sister, refused to give her permission.
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The Third Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Apparition (Thursday, February 18th) did not speak until the third appearance, and therefore its identity was a matter of considerable speculation.
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The Fourth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
On the morning of Friday, February 19th, the first day of the mysterious fifteen days of visits spoken of by Our Lady, Louise Soubirous, Bernadette’s mother, determined to go herself with her daughter to the Grotto.
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The Fifth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
On Saturday, February 20th Bernadette went simply and knelt in her usual place a stone near the center of the excavation and, taking her Rosary, began to pray.
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The Sixth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
From the dawn of this first Sunday in Lent, the number of sightseers who had come by night to the appointed rendezvous was great.
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The Seventh Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
The works of the good God are always crossed by the rage of the devil and by the ignorance or the passions of men.
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The Eighth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
In the morning (Wednesday, February 24th), Bernadette had to pass through massive human barriers, and receive homage she little understood, before she could reach her granite prie-dieu.
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The Ninth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
Unlike the fine weather of previous days, this was a cold, miserable rainy day. It was out of the cold misty dawn that Bernadette finally appeared, and everyone, the skeptics, as well as the believers, instinctively uncovered their heads.
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The Tenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
On Saturday, the 27th, Bernadette, with the idea of remaining at her favorite post, came and knelt at the place where, at Our Lady’s bidding, she had scooped out the earth the previous day and made a muddy pool ooze up.
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The Eleventh Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
Next day, Sunday, February 28th, several thousands of people were waiting at dawn for the arrival of the child-seer at Massabielle.
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The Twelfth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
It was now Monday, March 1st. An incident, apparently trivial, but very instructive in reality, marked the beginning of the apparition.
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The Thirteenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
The thirteenth Apparition (Tuesday, March 2, 1858) took place following the normal pattern, Bernadette prayed the Rosary in the company of the Lady who remained silent except for the Glorias, then made her usual devotions and acts of penance.
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The Fourteenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
That morning (Tuesday, March 3rd, 1858) there were around three thousand people present when Bernadette arrived at the Grotto at seven in the morning, accompanied by her mother. The child knelt and began her prayers as usual.
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The Fifteenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
In fact, Thursday (March 4th), which was the last of the wonderful fifteen days, was marked by an extraordinary gathering.
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The Sixteenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
For the next twenty one days, Bernadette did not go to the Grotto in the early morning as she had been doing until then — she had not felt the call within herself which was her summons.
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The Seventeenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
On Wednesday (April 7, 1858) Our Lady appeared for the seventeenth time to Bernadette.
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The Eighteenth Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
On July 16, 1858 Our Lady appears last time to Bernadette in Lourdes. This day is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
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