The miraculous healings of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes

The story of the miracles of Madonna of Lourdes originates in 1858, when a young shepherdess named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in a grotto near the Gave De Pau River near the village of Lourdes in southwestern France.

Bernadette he recounted seeing the apparition for a total of eighteen times, and during these meetings Our Lady asked her to pray for the world and to build a church on the site of her apparition.

The news of the apparition quickly spread to Lourdes and the crowd began to flock to the cave. Among the first visitors were some who reported miraculous healings. In 1859, one year after the original apparition, the first sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes was opened. From that point on, worshipers began to witness an ever-increasing number of miraculous healings after visiting the site.

The miracles recognized by the church

One of the first miracles attributed to Our Lady of Lourdes is that of Louis-Justin Duconte Bouhort an 18-month-old boy with tuberculosis bone. Louis was near death when his mother dipped him in Massabielle cave. It was May 2, 1858 and the day after the little one got up and started walking. This case was the first SCTI is recognized officially by the Catholic Church as a miracle of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Francis Pascal was a young Frenchman who suffered from blindness and atrophy of the optic nerve. He visited Lourdes in 1862 and suddenly saw the light during the procession. His vision was completely restored and he was considered a miracle of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Pieter De Rudder crippled for 8 years due to a trunk that had destroyed his legs, on April 7 of 1875, after going to Lourdes he returned home without crutches.

Marie Bire, another patient with bone tuberculosis, visited Lourdes in 1907 and was immediately healed by the water from the spring. Her recovery was so rapid that she was walking again in a few days.

Delight Cirotti suffering from a malignant tumor in her leg, she recovered thanks to her mother who paid her thewater taken in Lourdes on the leg.

Finally, Victor Micheli, an 8-year-old Italian boy suffering from osteosarcoma in the pelvis, which destroyed his bones, was immersed in the waters of the Lourdes spring and within a short time he was walking again.