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Basílica of the Immaculate Conception, Lourdes
…as I accompany the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, in southern France. Here, more than a century ago, the Holy Virgin appeared to a peasant girl, introducing herself as the ‘Immaculate Conception,’ not long after the Holy Father had declared her to have been immaculately conceived (authoritatively confirming what had been held constantly in the Church since almost the very beginning). The Immaculate Conception, of course, refers to the Virgin Mary’s own birth of her mother Anna, preserved from all sin. This remains an important teaching of the Church: that of the purity and holiness of the holy Mother of God.
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Kevin I hope you have a successful trip toLourdes, that the sun that keeps avoiding us shines on you and the pilgrims
Thank you, Sue. The sun was a little overwhelming. There were English pilgrims hiding in their rooms from the devastating heat on Wednesday. But the Thursday was as overcast as Glossop and the Friday was quite as wet also.