Messages — Our Lady of Lourdes

Spoken words from the apparition accounts, curated from sanctuary, diocesan, and classic sources. Theme chips highlight recurring calls; this is not a complete critical edition of every diary line.

Words spoken during the eighteen apparitions to St. Bernadette Soubirous at the Grotto of Massabielle (1858). Many encounters were silent; only dates with reported speech are listed here.

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  1. Third Apparition

    Would you have the kindness to come here for a fortnight?

    I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but in the next.

  2. Sixth Apparition

    Pray for sinners.

  3. Eighth Apparition

    Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners. Go, kiss the ground for the conversion of sinners.

  4. Ninth Apparition — the Spring

    Go and drink at the spring and wash yourself there. Eat of the grass that is there.

  5. Thirteenth Apparition

    Go and tell the priests that people are to come here in procession and to build a chapel here.

  6. Sixteenth Apparition — the Name

    Que soy era Immaculada Concepciou.

    (I am the Immaculate Conception.)

Source Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Private revelation is not required belief. Approval means the faithful may believe with prudence.

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