Lourdes: Healing and Rebirth

The poor French girl Bernadette Soubirous saw the Virgin Mary 18 times in 1858. Authorities questioned Bernadette's sincerity, but at the Lady's command, she dug a hole in the centre of a field despite the jeers of the audience. The next day, water started to pour from the hole. Since then, hundreds upon thousands of pilgrims have come to the little town of Lourdes in search of the magical healing waters.

The book is beautifully illustrated all throughout with full-color images and artwork, and contains anecdotes and reflections from poets, authors, and popes who have all been profoundly impacted by the grace of Our Lady of Lourdes. People came to Lourdes for a variety of reasons; some saw miracles with their own eyes, while others were sincerely touched by the town's natural beauty and Mary's message.

Paul Claudel, Pope Pius IX, and Pope Pius XII, Joris-Karl Huysmans, François Mauriac, and Émile Zola are just a few of the many great historical, literary, and religious luminaries whose words adorn the pages of this collection.

This wonderfully written and drawn book brings the tremendous mystery of Lourdes to people far away. Our modern world is still reverberating from Mary's profound theological message to Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception." This book, Lourdes: Healing and Rebirth, explains the significance of this mysterious occurrence and demonstrates how it might alter our way of life.