THE FINAL CHAPTER : A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY (Sept 2009 to Jan 2010)
At the Grotto of Our Immaculate Conception, in Lourdes
Daniel (14+ years old) (Tuesday 22/9/2009)
Day 13 in Lourdes
NOVENA DAY 5
At the bookstore, your mother flipped through several books with keen interest, and briefly read highlighted apparitions of the Beautiful Lady.
Soon, she found herself somehow discouraged as she eventually learned that even Bernadette, the girl who had seen the Blessed Mother, and had the divine privilege to speak to Her and received several instructions from Her, the main ones being:
"Would You be so kind as to come here every day for the next 15 days?"
"I don't promise You happiness here, but the hereafter ..."
"Go drink from the spring and wash yourself in it ..."
"Tell the Priest to have a chapel built here. People will come here in procession."
"I Am The Immaculate Conception."
... well, even Bernadette herself was never cured of her own ailment, and she had died at the age of 34 years old.
Whilst thousands of people testified to miraculous cures and unexplained healings at the spring waters (eventhough only 67 were documented and recognized by the Catholic Church after rigorous investigative procedures), Bernadette had remained sickly all her life.
No miracle cure for Bernadette?
No miracle for the 14 year old girl whom the Immaculate Conception had appeared to eighteen times, and spoken to on several occasions? Where would that leave us?
That was the part that deeply troubled your mother.
