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Parish and Lourdes (Page 2 ) |
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February 11th to July 16th 1858 : The Apparitions |
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| 5. On Saturday 20th Feb; Again silence. Though
the Lady taught her a personal prayer. At the end of the vision, Bernadette
was overcome with sadness. 6. On Sunday 21st Feb. The Lady appeared very early in the morning (about 100 people present). Afterwards the Police Commissioner, Jacomet, questioned Bernadette to tell what she had seen. Bernadette would only speak of "Aqueco (local dialect for "that person.") 7. Bernadette is Surrounded at the Grotto by 150 persons. The Apparition reveals a secret "for her alone." 8. On Wednesday 24th February. The message of the Lady was "Penance, Penance, Penance! Pray for sinners. Kiss the ground as an act of penance for sinners" 9. Thursday 15th February (The Spring) Three hundred people present. Bernadette related: "She told me to go drink of the spring". I only found a little muddy water. At the fourth attempt I was able to drink. She also made me eat the herbs that were found near the spring, then the Vision left and went away." In front of the crowd they were asking "Do you think that she is mad doing things like that?" She replied "It is for sinners." 10. On Saturday 27th February. 800 people present. The Apparition is silent. Bernadette drinks the water and carries out her usual acts of penance. 11. On Sunday 28th February ("Penance") Over 1000 present. Bernadette prays, kisses the ground and moves on her knees as a sign of penance She is then taken to the house of Judge Ribes who threatens her with prison.. 12. On Monday 1st March: The first miracle. Over 1500 people assemble and among them, for the first time a priest. In the night Catherine Latapie, a friend from Lourdes, goes to the Grotto. She plunges her dislocated arm into the water of the Spring: her arm and her hand regain their movement. 13. On Tuesday 2nd March: Message to the priests. The crowd becomes larger and larger. The Lady asks her: "Go, tell the priests to come here in procession and to build a chapel here," Bernadette tells this to Fr. Peyrama1e the Parish Priest of Lourdes. He wants to know only one thing: the Lady's name. He demands another test: to see the rose bush (or wild roses) flower at the Grotto in the middle of winter. 14. On Wednesday 3rd March at 7 clock in the morning, in the presence of 3000 people, Bernadette arrived at the Grotto, but the vision did not Appear! After school, she hears the inner invitation of the Lady. She goes to the Grotto asks her again for her name. The response is a smile. The Parish Priest tells her again: "if the lady really wishes that a chapel be built, then she must tell us her name and make the rose bush bloom at the Grotto." 15. On Thursday 4th March. The ever greater crowd (about 8000 people) wait for a miracle at the end of the fortnight. The vision is silent. Fr Peyramale sticks to his position, for twenty days Bernadette does not go to the Grotto: she no longer feels the irresistible invitation. |
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