{"id":50743,"date":"2019-05-23T09:16:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/vendredi-31-mai-2019-fete-de-la-visitation-et-journee-de-priere-pour-la-vie\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:54:45","slug":"friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"50743\" class=\"elementor elementor-50743 elementor-49653 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-141f5642 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"141f5642\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69d00b10\" data-id=\"69d00b10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee6f950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ee6f950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bishop Brouwet, bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, explains the meaning of this call for prayer for Life, on the day of the Visitation: &#8220;<em>On 31st May, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation. Mary comes to meet her cousin Elisabeth who is pregnant. John the Baptist leaps with joy in his mother&#8217;s womb in the presence of the Messiah. This Feast of the Visitation is the Day of Prayer for Life in the diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes. Together we say the rosary for this intention, praying to the Lord, the Master of Life.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3297ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3297ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Programme<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c04db0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c04db0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #e8a702;\">11:00 am<\/span><\/strong> : Mass for Life at the Grotto, presided over by Bishop Nicolas Brouwet, Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes (animated by the Carmelite Sisters of Bagn\u00e8res), live on TV Lourdes.<\/li><li><strong><span style=\"color: #e8a702;\">3:30 pm<\/span><\/strong> : Rosary for Life at the Grotto, with special intentions for life, live on TV Lourdes.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #e8a702;\"><strong>9:00 pm<\/strong><\/span> : Marian torchlight procession, presided over by Bishop Nicolas Brouwet, with special intentions for life.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-933db02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"933db02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">The Way of Compassion <\/span>and the <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">Grotto of the Two Marys<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631f68b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"631f68b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Lourdes, there is a little-known place where one of the vocations is to pray for life. On the way down from the Way of the Cross of the Espelugues, is the &#8220;grotto of the two Marys&#8221;. To get there, you follow the &#8220;way of compassion&#8221;, open to all those who are in search of inner consolation. An accompanied visit is offered especially to mothers who have lost a child: &#8220;Welcoming life cannot only be a personal matter. It is a community that welcomes life. It&#8217;s a whole society that is welcoming or not to life. The Day of Prayer for Life is first and foremost an occasion to give thanks for the life that God gives us each day.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9801105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"9801105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=kkPfR2KaTxU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af6f3a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af6f3a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Reference point<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97cfada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97cfada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The feast of the Visitation celebrates the visit of the Virgin Mary, pregnant with Jesus, to her cousin Elisabeth, who was carrying John the Baptist in her womb. It was during this visit that Mary proclaimed the Magnificat prayer which sprang from her exultation: &#8220;My soul glorifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour, because he has looked upon his servant in her lowliness.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Brouwet, bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, explains the meaning of this call for prayer for Life, on the day of the Visitation: &#8220;On 31st May, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation. Mary comes to meet her cousin Elisabeth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":49645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-ce-moment-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TV LOURDES\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/\",\"name\":\"Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BANDEAU_31mai_National2018-min-380.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-23T07:16:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-29T13:54:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00e15361338ccda7ff575e7807b7ff76\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BANDEAU_31mai_National2018-min-380.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BANDEAU_31mai_National2018-min-380.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/\",\"name\":\"Soutenir le Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00e15361338ccda7ff575e7807b7ff76\",\"name\":\"TV LOURDES\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ad963db01f0c73acfee4d5f94ac178?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ad963db01f0c73acfee4d5f94ac178?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TV LOURDES\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/author\/tv-lourdes\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TV LOURDES","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/","name":"Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BANDEAU_31mai_National2018-min-380.jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-23T07:16:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-29T13:54:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00e15361338ccda7ff575e7807b7ff76"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BANDEAU_31mai_National2018-min-380.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BANDEAU_31mai_National2018-min-380.jpg","width":760,"height":560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/friday-31st-may-2019-the-feast-of-the-visitation-and-the-day-of-prayer-for-life\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friday 31st May 2019, the Feast of the Visitation and the Day of Prayer for Life"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/","name":"Soutenir le Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Lourdes","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00e15361338ccda7ff575e7807b7ff76","name":"TV LOURDES","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/preprod-lourdes.cawita.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ad963db01f0c73acfee4d5f94ac178?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ad963db01f0c73acfee4d5f94ac178?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TV LOURDES"},"url":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/author\/tv-lourdes\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50747,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50743\/revisions\/50747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}