The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-12
ise1nI0e Star and Catholic Messenger.
GO oRITANs. SUNDAY. JANUARY u. is.s.
Oar Lady Of LOurass-RsSuits of the ApPAra'n

If I,ourdes were being dAliy "a
~ Units Of the prohibition Of the Preieet snG
s ~ SSr,;no Of the ingress, the ArchbisnoP
Of Guch, with an ex-deputy, TePar
T;.~r;.~ snd ii khe matter before the Fun
1sror complaintng bitterly Of tho i9Jest'SSo
Sone 70 the faithful who congregsVco on T L.;o
spot. His Majesty im% S siaeoS;c dispatch
- the project Of Tarbes, directing MN "
80 ~ his edict and give full liberty Oh VIZ
ehin 10 the worshipers at the groteO' "r Do.
Raron Massey aud the commiPsaIy oi .,a;r
lice were compelled, much .o agd and
the remoyai Of the hindrances TO nPp;a.,on
wera epeedly followed by Pnt, -
Granted to the Bishop to e'ecI n Ave
snsmory of the so-violently conteseeo AppL
rition Of our Lady; De. Inc s and other free-
.h,1L;ro Journals, found their bost answer
=. .hn 1nnnIs of our Lady Of Loardes, a pup
i;cation appearing with episcopal s@uSn'
and contaioing accounts Of remarSa .t'n ~
coveries from sickness affected oS tne WI
80 Of the healing spring. Among tnese
~. the least remarkable 10 that OF o Patlent
sSEsara Of age. who had been afflicted Win
a cancer in tho forehead during ~ years
Every remedy employ ed had failed, a. lucy
always do fall IN saae iS'i iaevitsbie, when
&c. :; 0ht dayS use Of the Lourdes weter
thn &nH,or disappeared aud LETT Dehina ~
- q .light AGAR Every number OF Ids
nnSl;catiou abounds with such recstais' Az
u a. IL the Son of Man were walking tnis
asrth gain, AZ in the days of His humiiia-
t;or and healing every disease ana innrm
81 ~ fboss who addressed Him with the
nyayer Of faith. In every quarter OF sne
1iobe the fame Of tho water OF Lonrdes nAs
become tnOwn and t svsS Gur rss and Msssona
riess asking some special favor, or, as the
least. a quantity, however small, Of the
water from the spring. Persons are occu-
MED contin ually in forwarding peckets IN
answer to zach omm1nicasions. AMI S;M .n ~
narts Of the world. Time aud distance 40
not deprive It Of it's efficacy and number
isss testimonies to the fact have been re-
ceived not only from Belgium, Holland,
and England, but from Galicis' Huss,a, .ne
The Rocks Of Massia6ellz present strik-
inc contrast 70 the scene which they exhlb'
;tsa IA wears ago, before the Appasition
Az that time they rose In the midst OF cyl
van solitude, Of which the mountaiooae
Epaco capable Of containing severa! thou;
sand persons spreads before 1t. oroao
road reaches the hallowed spot, running
through picturesque avenues OF eIms aus
noplaTs. The Church erected there WIN
its surroundings, is accurately descu.o So y !,
%. de- Iourdes, by The Able Caneto, Vicar
General Of Auch and 1t 10 impossible q
read this, and, still moro, TO visit the local
ity. without being led to conclude that som
forces above nature have been At WORK y
the production of the marvellous change
Not n day passes without from 100 to ,O0
persops visiting the shrine. In April ls0s
a procession consisting Of $4,000 or os,Uo
moved from the church Of Lourdes 10 tn
consecrated ground, singing the praises q
a nnmber Of pilgrims ever before visited
scantuary. The roads, the valleys, an
the mountain passes for 10 or Is lengue
round are crowded with large companies {
them, and the silence Of night III lionel
y sse 8 sneeis train
are continually bringing thousands
I.ourdes from different countries, and n
sooner have they alighted from the carris
Res than they form into professions, o.,
play their banners and emblems, aud
the air with sacred songs. A hnndre
Masses are sometimes celebrated In OF
morning, and the Holy Eucharist Ia distril
uted TO many thousand individuals. Co
leges and confraternities, pilgrims OF sP
cial dioceses, relays from particular tow
les devotion towards the Mother OF o.
Lord, tho ladies Of entire provinces, noble
gentlemen aud peasants, arrive In masse
Sladdening the wilderness with sigma
faith, and averting from France, 1t 10 to
hoped, many disasters by penitence a'
N. Henri Lasserre, whose eight was
stored instantaneously by the use OF q
water Of Lourdes, has published an eiab
rate account OF tho Apparition and All q
circumstances attending it. The intere
which he personally feels In the subject b
atm ulated not only his zeal bat his indu
try to the utmost; and he has spared
nsins to arrive ut tho truth of facts by CO
sultipe every attainable document and
actual intercourse With persons all os
France who have been healed or otherw
concerned in the matter. This work
Daesed through 20 editions, and his he
ness Plus TX, ON the eth Of Septemb
1859, addressed Q brief Of appreciation
the author, In which tho following VOL
occur:
awe have received your volume EMIT
Our Lady Of Lourdes, with great pleasu
trusting thst it will come to pass that
and bepignity, brought together To-
multitude Of strangers from all quartz
will also make use Of your work 70 prol
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