{"id":761418,"date":"2021-08-09T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/?p=761418"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:13:16","slug":"i-am-the-immaculate-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/i-am-the-immaculate-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am the Immaculate Conception\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"761418\" class=\"elementor elementor-761418 elementor-753841\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78c0e19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78c0e19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-567c2b6\" data-id=\"567c2b6\" 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-0d23d36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d23d36\" 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 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">A very beautiful statue of Our Lady of Lourdes welcomes you<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">the chapels of light. She is there to remind us of her revelation to Bernadette Soubirous (25<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> March 1858, the 16<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> apparition, on the feast of the Annunciation): <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>\u201cI am the Immaculate Conception.&#8221;<br \/><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The Immaculate to whom each one of us can entrust our intentions.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The one who will always send us a sign to let us know that she has heard our prayer.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The one who always welcomes the least of our requests and places them in the heart of Jesus.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be1c356 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be1c356\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddf2ac5\" data-id=\"ddf2ac5\" 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-b18072c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b18072c\" 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 class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Our Lady of Lourdes, light in the hollow of the rock. You came to affirm your Immaculate Conception, to teach us to cleanse ourselves, to do penance and to pray for sinners. Give us hope and joy.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">You know our hearts full of pain and suffering. You see our incessant search for happiness, and our distractions. Mother, completely pure and full of goodness, help us by your love, your prayers and your example, to know how to ask for forgiveness, to have a heart free from sin. Teach us to open ourselves to the love of the Father who never leaves his children alone, especially when we are in pain and despair.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Lead us on the path of trust in Jesus, your Son, our gentle and merciful Saviour, and draw us nearer to Him, so that He may guide us to eternal life. Amen.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory to the Father, <br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">with the invocations:<br \/><\/span><\/span>\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us\u201d, \u201cSaint Bernadette, pray for us\u201d (3 times)<\/span><\/span><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88cd051 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88cd051\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f5b91d\" data-id=\"7f5b91d\" 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-672ab69 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"672ab69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/cierge-en-ligne\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Light a candle<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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>A very beautiful statue of Our Lady of Lourdes welcomes you at the chapels of light. 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