HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES.
THEME: Our Lady of Lourdes, we are all seeking for healing for our various maladies and sickness, our various illnesses and troubles in life.
BY: Fr Diotacious Chikontwe SMA.
HOMILY FOR FEBRUARY 11.
*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Isaiah 66:10-14
Res Psam: Judth 13:18 -19
John 2:1-11
*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
WHITE
*INTRODUCTION*
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, marking that well-known Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the site of Lourdes in rural southern part of France. This Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes happened on February 11th, 1858, when Mary appeared to a young lady by the name Bernadette Soubirous, now better known as St. Bernadette. Despite the many challenges and doubts that St. Bernadette faced back then, eventually the Church acknowledged the vision and Apparition to be authentic, and celebrated universally as the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, with the site of Lourdes itself becoming one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the world.
*REFLECTION*
Lourdes has become a place of pilgrimage and healing, but even more of faith. The Church authorities have recognized many miraculous cures. Many sick people who have visited this site for the purpose of healing, have not. come back the same. Therefore, to people of faith this is not surprising. It is a continuation of Jesus’ healing miracles, now performed at the intercession of his mother. Many who visit Lourdes return home with renewed faith and a readiness to serve God in their needy brothers and sisters.
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*MANY PEOPLE DOUBTED AND MORE ARE STILL DOUBTING*
There still may be people who doubt the apparitions of Lourdes. Perhaps the best that can be said to them are the words that introduce the film The Song of Bernadette: “For those who believe in God, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.
*CONCLUSION*
Let us ask then, for our blessed and loving Mother to pray and intercede for us, who are sinners and afflicted with many sickness and troubles, foremost of which is our corruption by sin. May Our Lady of Lourdes continue to pray and intercede for us sinners, and for those afflicted by various maladies, illnesses and sickness, all throughout the world. May the Lord have mercy on us and heal us from our troubles, and help us to come back to Him, and to be reunited with Him, in perfect bliss and happiness one day, free from the troubles of our flesh and our souls.
Our Lady of Lourdes pray for Us, especially for our brothers and sisters passing through difficult and painful sickness.https://www.homilyhub.com/homily-for-the-feast-of-our-lady-of-lourdes-1/
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