Our Lady of Lourdes

Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which marks the first of 18 appearances of Mary to Bernadette Soubirous, a 14 year old peasant girl in Lourdes, France. But why did Mary appear and what was her message?

Mary is the Mother of all people. What any mother wants most is for ALL her children to go to heaven. What any good mother fears most is that a child might be lost forever. At Lourdes and Fatima Mary begs us, those of her children who are listening to help those who are in danger of hell by prayer and sacrifice. We don’t like hearing about hell, but Mary is more concerned about her children, your brothers and sisters, than she is worried about hurting our feelings. The time of our indifference needs to be over – we need to answer the call of our Mother.

Mary sees her children who are on the path of self-destruction. She begs us to pray the Rosary every day because our Rosaries can help open these people to the grace of conversion, save them from hell and help them into heaven.

All Mary asks is fifteen minutes, that’s five decades of the rosary. She already gave all she could give for your soul, she gave her only Son, Jesus Christ. What will you give? What is the price of a soul?