The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-10-17
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>she had that day, when separated from them,
Sen bright or lunlinousrla lady ia She alcove.
Ave Two girls reported what wna told Thorn .
the bright lady was aeon again In the alooyo
by bernndette, and the news OF the s,naritfon
began TO be spread abroad. After the third or
1onfth> 2SPPeafaaoe OF the lady, all tho inhabf-
tants Leurdes, and soon all those of the sur
rounding country, believed ia the reality of
the appaittion, and were of opinion that 1t
was our-BteSsed Lady Thousands of people
OF every condition followed Bernadetto when
sho went TO the meadow; they fell tgwn on
their knees antf prayed ini silenee. They did
20 nave aeen any iNyet they left the spot CON
vlnced OF the reality of the Rnpasition. What
they saw, and " hat convinced them, was not
pearance during the time Of the npparttioa,
She was then TRANSPORTED; tho hehDIde1s
awed and overcome by the spiendora OF her
conntenance, believed that sha was In tho
presence Of heavenly being, and sawgft In its
glory in the Same manner rs people in q VAL
Icy ON cloudy day who SEQ not tlss sun but
believe IN its presence about them, because
they hehold its brightness diaplnyed Oh ahe
mountain tops Wfthin two slnGiatlla tlae irsrfi-
nSila lady appearedli IN tho alc0vn to Bern pdstke
seoat thirty tiiness " hflak tiisge tissie
aroundt the rock q malt itnyle pf sIes Ehnet-
~ historic the aplyafitiaH e0nl1nel
| stream q q Water asETls n Ns 7F
Il Geld lseESfasse -. II -
Emma1nlaEe E0Aeaptiuns nna that sha wished
. church I'd, be bu3it &f fIie place bf her appa-
rition From THAT time the Visions have eaased,
bue tise water Inns eentinued TO flow nj tho
ratescfabout $4,000 gallons n day, and isistaF.
taneous and uuacconntable cnres harc hean
wrought there. At the present. day, more than
eleven YEARS after the apparitiens, the water
still flows and produces the same axtruordtnA-
ry cures "A church has risen up on the spot,
vast and magnificent, on which nearly f60G00
have been spent, aud for tho conpletion of
which more than that amount VIII be required.
Yet 1t viii be completed. The eighty thousand
pilgrims who flock ia the course of each year
to the Church of Our Lady of Lourtes will not
long leave 1t unfinished. The poor child who
has been the instrument Of this wonder is now
known as Sister Mary Bernard, in an institute
of Christian instruction at Hevers, She In no
longer on Mount Thahor seeing with her NOR.
tai eyes reflection Of heavenly splendor. but
is now on Calvary, the victim OF frequent and
agoniZing paiHi which she cycr hears with pas
thence and almost with joy, dead TO all things
here below. The book in which 50 much Is
said of her she will never read Her parents
I are now just what they were twelve years ago,
/ POOR and good, as they have ever been--earn-
| ing with di lieHlty lay the sweat OF their brow
! means sufficient for subsistcnee, and always
serupulonsly faithful in their duties to God
and to their neighboFs. II is earnestly to DO
| hoped that ''NOtre Dame de Leurdes" Will, be-
! fore long, by agreement with its author
Eng fiB TrssSi md itfsui
thor, who is still young, will not rest under
! the lnuFels with which this production cfiIsfIafs
| employ the talents given him by God In the
service of tho GiveT. In conclusion let MS add
that Lourdes js situated in tho old land of tho
FroubadOurs, in q land once under English
] sway where our Black Prince achieved his
! great feats of arms Away from hoiiSentious-
ness of Paris aud the eolmanIsha OF Lyons,
| the inhabitants OF that mountainous regiop
| possess at the present day all the living and
eaFBest faith OF their forefat hers Corresponds
| eRt LondoH UHireFse.