I've come full circle #26

[kat727]

Sorry, I didn't mean to skip over you Maria. The story goes that a young simple girl, Bernadette had gone to gather firewood with her sister and a friend. She was sickly and had to stop before her sister. She was near a grotto and a lady appeared to her. The lady asked her to come again a number of times. Some people in the town thought she was crazy, some thought she saw the Virgin Mary. Bernadette only called her the lady.

The Lady directed Bernadette to drink from a spring in the grotto but there wasn't one there. Bernadette dug a bit and found some water and sipped it. Over night a trickle of water came and then a spring. This water is said to have healing powers. Many people make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France to drink from the spring and prayed to be healed of their afflictions.

Anyway the medal shows Bernadette and the "Lady of Lourdes". There is a book and a movie of the same name, "Song of Bernadette". Bernadette's body can still be viewed as if she is sleeping in the city of Nevers, France. She has been canonized as a Saint. No, I am not Catholic but I love the story and believe in her.

Does that help?

kat