Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of the vsionary of Lourdes, Saint Bernadette Soubirous.
She was known as the visionary who saw the Blessed Mother ,18 times,at a Grotto in Lourdes.
It wasn’t until the sixteenth vision that the white-veiled beautiful woman identified herself as the Virgin Mary, saying “I am the Immaculate Conception."
From her childhood until her death at age thirty-five, Saint Bernadette underwent much suffering caused by poverty, sickness, and the unkindness of some people. She endured her trials with patience and always maintained great faith and hope in God.
Bernadette’s body is incorrupt, till date,which means that it is preserved by God from decay.
She is the patron saint of bodily illness, Lourdes, against poverty, shepherds and shepherdesses, and people ridiculed for their faith
St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes,
Pray for us.
Our Lady of Lourdes,
Pray for us.
Amen