OUR LADY OF LOURDES ---Memorial
READINGS:
1 R : Is 66: 10 - 14 c.
Ps Jdt 13: 18 bcde, 19
Gos : Jn 2 : 1 - 11.
BETWEEN FEBRUARY 11 AND JULY 16 IN THE YEAR 1858, MOTHER MARY APPEARED TO BERNADETTE 18 TIMES.
LATER A BASILICA WAS BUILT AND " ROSARY CHURCH " WAS ADDED.
LOURDES IS KNOWN FOR THE BODILY AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL HEALING.
THE FIRST READING FROM ISIAH TODAY GIVES THE PICTURE THAT GOD'S LOVE ENVOLOPES US LIKE THE LOVE OF A MOTHER.
CAREFULLY NOTE THE IMAGERY.
THE GOSPEL NARRATES THE MIRACLE OF CANA.
MARY TAKES THE INITIATIVE TO HELP THE AGGRIEVED FAMILY.
SHE HAS DONE THE SAME IN HISTORY AND EVEN DOES IT FOR US AND ALL THE AGGRIEVED.
IN LOURDES, THE ROSARY IS RECITED WITHOUT STOP BY THE VOLUNTEERS AND MOST OF THE MIRACLES HAPPEN DURING THE PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN ANSWER TO FERVENT INVOCATION.
WE CAN TAKE A CUE FROM HERE AND RECITE AT LEAST 5 DECADES EVERYDAY AND DEVELOP A FILIAL DEVOTION TO OUR LORD IN THE BLESSED SPECIES.
