THE MIRACLE OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims come to Lourdes every year with a hope that “Our Lady of Lourdes” or Blessed Virgin Mary would cure them of the disease that they have been suffering. The source of the hope lies in the miraculous water of Lourdes which people for over150 years have believed has the power to perform a miracle and get rid of their sufferings. Rationalists argue that the people visit Lourdes more to seek courage in their suffering rather than getting rid of the suffering due to heavenly intervention but the general public continues to believe that miracles do happen in Lourdes.

The history of the spring from which water of Lourdes comes out from dates back to 1858 when a peasant girl reported to her mother that she had been spoken to her at the cave of Massabielle which lay about 1 km away from the town where she had gone to collect firewood with her friends. Seventeen more reporting of the appearance of the Lady came into notice during that year.

Soon the news of the miraculous water which is called the Water of Life spread far and wide and hordes of people started to visit the grotto in hope for a miracle. The water has been a source of intrigue for the scientists who have been keen to find out what the composition of the water. Various researches have been conducted on the water and nothing harmful has been found in the water and such information is available on the internet. It would be advisable to go through these articles before ordering for the holy water or planning a trip to this city.

There was a young boy who had been not keeping well since his birth and even at the age of 2 he had not started to walk and was considered as a hopeless case. The desperate mother decided to seek the blessings of the Blessed Virgin and so she arrived at the grotto despite the fact at that time the general public were prohibited to go near the grotto. She stood near the rock and prayed to the Virgin and bathed the child in the hallowed water. After a few moments which looked like an eternity for the onlookers she went back home and after a few days her faith in the Virgin was answered when her son started to walk and lived a normal life for many years.

It has been tradition for decades for people who have been visiting Lourdes to take away water from there for their loved ones back home who are either in such a state that they cannot take the journey or are not able to afford the same. To make matters easier for such faithful devotees of the Virgin several persons make available the miraculous water online so that you can take advantage of the same in the comfort of their homes. One can visit this link to get the “Holy Water from Lourdes” or “religious gifts from Lourdes”

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WATER OF LOURDES – THE LIVING WATER

Lourdes is a small town in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France and is visited by thousands of pilgrims all around the world who visit this town with hope and devotion that their diseases and sickness would be cured by the miraculous water of Lourdes. The Church has never encouraged the devotees to visit Lourdes yet the faith in Our Lady of Lourdes has grown over the years and more than three hundred thousand people have been visiting here every year.

Lourdes water or the living water as it is called emanates from a spring in the Grotto of Massabielle, which was discovered in 1858. An analysis of water in 1858 found that water was potable and oxygen, nitrogen, carbonic acid, alkaline carbonate or silica, carbonates of lime and magnesia, carbonate of iron and many other chemicals.

As word spread about the miraculous powers of the water of the spring many people started to visit the place to bathe or drink the water and went back cured from illness and disease that they had been suffering from a very long time. It is common to see these days to watch people patiently waiting near the grotto to have a dip in the baths or take a drink from the spring.

The water that comes out of the spring is not heated but has a temperature of 12^o C. One is immersed in the water for about a minute during which time prayers are recited and the bather is encouraged to venerate the statue of the Virgin. The able bodied men are helped by a volunteer or two while the immobile require much more help.

In 1878 a lady who was suffering from a gangrene ulcer in her right leg. The ulcer had covered two thirds of her long and was very deep, making it in a very serious condition. Moreover treatment for over 10 years had not borne result. She took her first bath on the next day of her arrival and after the second bath the ulcer had disappeared. People were amazed to see that the tendons had become normal and the skin was not only new but rose-colored too. The third bath restored her leg to normal position. This was nothing short of a miracle and the lady lived healthily for the next 30 years. In 1908 the cure of the ulcer was regarded as a miracle and attributed to “The Lady of Lourdes”

The miracles of Lourdes water has encouraged people who have been visiting this holy city to take some water for their relatives who cannot afford to or are prevented by their health from travelling to Lourdes. Looking at the growing demand for water of Lourdes various people have started to supply the water to people all around the world so that they can take advantage of the water sitting at their homes. Such services are available online. To get “Holy Water from Lourdes” or “religious gifts from Lourdes” one can visit or click on this link.

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CATHOLIC MIRACLES – DEFYING LAW OF NATURE

Miracles have been a part of the Catholic religion since it was founded. The miracles which are events unexplained by the laws of nature can be attributed to the Almighty and the great saints. The law of nature says that the body when placed in the tomb decomposes due to the moisture in the body and the environment present around the dead. The decomposition starts immediately after the death and any kind of preservation just delays the decomposition. Yet the bodies of numerous saints have not decomposed for centuries even when the body was tortured so much that it would have hastened the process of decomposition.

St. Sharbel died on Christmas Eve in 1898 and as per the tradition, was buried without being embalmed in a large room beneath the altar of the church. As the rain water in the chamber had converted it into a swamp, the body was put on two planks so that mud and water would not submerge it. For the next 45 days the villagers who resided in the houses opposite the Monastery witnessed a bright light above the tomb. It was decided that the body be moved to a more accessible place for the villagers. When it was opened it was found that the water had turned the grave into a quagmire but the body which was floating on it was incorrupt with muscle remaining supple and even the hair and the beard remaining intact. Even the blood was still oozing out of the pores to such a great extent that the clothing had to be changed twice a week. The doctors who examined the body were amazed by the oozing out of blood which they felt was against the law of nature and could be explained only as supernatural.

One of the greatest miracles of the Bible has been the feeding of the 5000. It is also known as the miracle of ‘5 loaves and 2 fish’. When Jesus came to know that John the Baptist had been killed he moved to a solitary place close to Bethsaida but a large crowd followed him. Seeing the large crowd Jesus started to preach them about many things. By this time it was already evening and so his disciples requested him to send the people away so that they could buy food for themselves from the nearby villages. Jesus did not agree with them and said that it was their duty to feed them. He ordered them to find out the number of loaves that they had. The disciples came back and informed Jesus that they had 5 loaves and 2 fish. On instructions of Jesus the people sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties on the green grass. Jesus took the 5 loaves and the 2 fish, thanked the Heavens and broke the loaves. He asked his disciples to distribute the bread and the fish among the people. Amazingly, all 5000 people that gathered there could eat and were satisfied with what they had got.                     

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BRINGING BACK THE DEAD – MIRACLES BY ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Miracles can be described as extraordinary events which cannot be proved by the laws of the nature. They can be attributed to act of God or the blessings of the great Saints. Catholics believe that such miracles take place as God wants to send a message to his followers. This could be either to build a church or to convert people into Christianity and many more.

One such great saint was St. Francis Xavier who has brought many persons back to life with the grace of the Almighty. As he was about to begin a Mass in a small church in Combutur, he was approached by a group of people carrying the dead body of a child who had drowned in the well. His mother pleaded St. Francis to save her son. The revered saint prayed for a short time, put his hand on the dead child and asked him to rise. To the bewilderment of all present, the child rose and ran to his mother’s lap.

A pair of youth used to accompany the saint on his Missionary work. One night one of the youth was bitten by a cobra and was found dead the next morning. Shocked St. Francis applied some saliva from his mouth on the foot of the youth, made a sign of cross over him, caught his hand and asked him to rise in the name of the Lord. The youth rose as if he had got up from his sleep and continue to preach the message of Jesus.     

While walking down the streets of Mutan, St. Francis met a bereaved family who had lost a young lad to a malignant fever. The parents fell down on the feet of the saint and showing pity towards the distraught parents. He knealt down and raising his eyes sky wards prayed to god to give life to the young lad. He then sprinkled water over the corps and asked the funeral cask to be opened. When the body could be seen he raised a cross over it. Held the hand of the youth and asked him to rise. The youth rose in good health. To honor the saint the parents erected a great cross at the spot to commemorate the miracle.

While in Coulon, in southern India, St. Francis met a group of people who were very rigid in their views. While preaching at the church there he said that the Lord could even raise the dead to convert them into Christianity. He asked the Tomb of the person who had been buried just a day back to be opened. When it was opened the body had started to stench. Falling on his knees and uttering a short prayer he ordered the dead man to rise in the name of the living God. To the amazement of all present the man came alive in good health. People fell at the feet of the saint and had their child baptized by him. Many onlookers who saw this miracle take place soon converted to Christianity.    

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MIRACLES OF EUCHARIST

Among the several miracles that have taken place in the Catholic religion, Miracles of Eucharist hold a special significance.

In Santarem, Portugal, a woman who was convinced that her husband was unfaithful to her and did not love her approached a sorceress who promised her that if she could bring her a Consecrated host her husband would start loving her. She approached the St. Steven Church and got the communion but did not eat it and after coming out put it in her veil. On her way to the sorceress the Host started to bleed and when this was brought to her notice she got frightened and rushed to her home instead of going for the sorceress. She hid the host inside a trunk and did not tell anything about it to her husband. Later in the night the whole room was lit by the bright light coming out from the trunk. She confessed her sin and they kept praying till the morning when a local parish was called. The host was taken to the church and was encased in wax and kept in tabernacle. When it was opened sometime later the priest was amazed to see that the wax had broken and the host and the precious blood were enclosed in a crystal pyx.

In Amsterdam which in 1345 was a small fishing hamlet, a fisherman who was on his death bed requested the local priest to give him the Holy Communion which the priest acceded to. Soon after the priest left, the man started coughing and threw out the host still intact. His wife threw the Host into the fireplace but soon regretted her action. She could not take out the Host because of the heat. Due to her guilt, she could not sleep properly and when she got up next morning she was amazed to see that the Host nothing had happened to the Host and it was still fresh and brilliant. Taking it out she kept it in a chest after wrapping it in a clean linen cloth. The local priest was told about the story and decided that it was best to take the Host back to the church and it was placed in the tabernacle. The next day he was shocked that the Host had disappeared and was found at the home of the fisherman. Frightened, the wife took the Host to the priest who again placed it in the church but the same thing occurred again. Another Miracle that took place was that the fisherman who was on his death bed recovered completely. 100 years later, a great fire engulfed Amsterdam and most of the houses including the house of the fisherman which now was the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament caved in. But again a Miracle took place and it was found that the Host had remained unscathed along with the silk veil which covered it. One cannot explain any natural reason for the same and can only be attributed to a Miracle of the Great Lord. 

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