Our Lady of Lourdes

Mary

The human race marches along the road of darkness that it has so freely chosen. Inevitably greater sufferings lie ahead. Suffering, suffering and more suffering are Satan’s tactics.

He multiplies sufferings. Confronted by these sufferings and confused by their constant presence, man finds great difficulty in experiencing God. “Where is God?” people cry out when there is devastation and war. They ask, “If there is a God, why does he allow all this to happen?”

I respond to these questions. God is distant because man has walked away from him. These sufferings are not from God. They come from God’s enemy. And my final answer is this. God has sent a woman, a loving merciful woman as his instrument of consolation.

Today is my feast. I am called “Our Lady of Lourdes”. Through St. Bernadette, I released a healing stream of water to the whole world. Lourdes is a sign of the great oceans of healing waters that are stored in my heart, ready to flow out to all the world. Come, drink of these waters. They will ease your sufferings and you will see that God is not absent.

Comment: How many times sufferings cause problems of faith. Mary wants to ease both the sufferings and the problems.