{"product_id":"lourdes-healing-and-rebirth-9781621645764","title":"Lourdes: Healing and Rebirth","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared eighteen times to a poor teenage girl in rural France, Bernadette Soubirous. When authorities questioned her sincerity, Bernadette, at the Lady's word, dug a hole in the middle of a field while the crowd jeered, and within a day, a full spring began to flow from that very spot. Since then, these waters have given miraculous healings--both spiritual and physical--to many thousands of pilgrims in the little village of Lourdes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly adorned throughout with full-color photographs and artwork, this book gathers together stories and meditations from great writers over the centuries who have been deeply touched by the grace of Our Lady of Lourdes--including poets, novelists and popes. Some were firsthand witnesses of miracles; others were simply moved in their souls by the beauty of Lourdes and Mary's message.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the many famous historical, literary, and religious figures whose writings grace this volume are \u003cb\u003ePaul Claudel\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePius IX\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePope Pius XII\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJoris-Karl Huysmans\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFrançois Mauriac\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eÉmile Zola.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeously illustrated, beautifully written collection immerses readers from afar in the great mystery of Lourdes. Mary's magnificent theological message to Bernadette\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e \"I am the Immaculate Conception\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003estill resounds through our world today. \u003ci\u003eLourdes: Healing and Rebirth\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds the meaning of this enigmatic event and shows us how it can change the way we live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThierry Hubert, O.P.\u003c\/b\u003e, a French Dominican priest, is the producer of\u003ci\u003e Le Jour du Seigneur \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eDay of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e), a popular weekly French Catholic TV program that has been running continuously since the early 1950s. He is also a regular pilgrim to Lourdes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie Delay\u003c\/b\u003e, an acclaimed French photographer, has accompanied the annual Dominican-led Rosary Pilgrimage to Lourdes for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522074054930,"sku":"9781621645764","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c670dbe-32ac-45b8-822b-89d38da92e58.jpg?v=1731113391","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lourdes-healing-and-rebirth-9781621645764","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}