61. How I was healed at the miraculous baths in Lourdes, France

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A single line from Sacred Scripture sets the tone: faith, hope, and love.

We invite you into a Mother’s Day Retreat reflection to remember the many crosses being carried by women around the world who have faced miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, and the quiet ache of waiting, paired with a family pilgrimage tale that finds warmth on an icy road to Lourdes.

We start in Barcelona, standing under the rising spires of the famed and glorious Sagrada Familia Basilica, and trace our family’s drive through the Pyrenees during a brief military leave. The road is cold and winding, the arrival past midnight, and the intention simple: carry grief to a place where millions have asked for help. At the baths near the grotto, we reflect on the many reports of healing and the unreported healings that may have transpired, and we sit with what that gap teaches us about the hidden ways grace moves. The moment of immersion is raw—tears, cold water, and then an unexpected wave of consolation that does not cancel sorrow but steadies it.

Nine months later, a child’s birth reframes the journey as a sign of hope rather than a formula for results. We talk about how God meets us in our suffering, when we unite ours with His on the cross, and how Mary’s own loss can be a source of consolation for our mourning. A Litany to Mary under names from different Marian titles from different countries around the world broadens the circle, reminding us that intercession and community stretch across cultures and time. We close with gratitude for women balancing home and work, encouragement for those who did not receive the miracle they longed for, and a blessing that sends us back into daily life carrying light.

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Episode Transcript

Sheila Nonato (00:00):
Day 7.
"Faith, hope, and love.
And now these three remain.
Faith, hope, and love.
But the greatest of these islove." 1 Corinthians , Chapter
V13, verse 13.
In the name of the Father, andof the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, Amen.

Opening prayer: O most Triune God, we thank you (00:22):
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for the graces we have receivedduring this retreat for Mother's
Day.
We thank you for the gift ofour husbands and children.
For us mothers who have lostchildren or babies through
miscarriage, stillbirth orectopic pregnancies, or women

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who have undergone the cross ofinfertility, may we find comfort
in our faith in the Lord and inhis goodness.
We thank God for the gift of ourfaith and for the gift of our
vocation as wives and mothers,Amen.
In the name of the Father andof the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.
Amen.

Reflection (01:05):
In November 2019, my family traveled to Lourdes for
our own pilgrimage.
My husband was deployedoverseas for six months and had
been granted time off for ashort military leave in the
middle of his deployment.
We chose to meet in Barcelona,Spain, and were humbled to have

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been able to visit the iconicSagrada Familia Basilica,
created by Antonio Gaudi, knownas God's architect.
From there we rented a car, andmy husband drove our family of
four to Lourdes.
Through icy and winding roads,through the Pyrenees Mountains,
we reached the famed pilgrimagesite at midnight, with the help

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and guidance of Our Lady.
That week we visited the famousbaths near the grotto where Our
Lady appeared to St.
Bernadette.
Countless pilgrims haveimmersed themselves in the
water, with at least 7,000having reported being healed
after their pilgrimage toLourdes.
Only 72 have been verified sofar as miracles by the Catholic

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Church.
As tears flowed when I walkedacross the pool into the frigid
waters, I felt a wave ofconsolation come over me

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afterwards.
Little did I know that our ladyhad a special gift for us.
Nine months later, our youngestson was born.
It was a sign of hope that evenin our unspeakable grief, God
can give us comfort, for he knewwhat it was like to suffer, and

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so did Our Lady, whoexperienced the loss of a child
in the most excruciating way.

Litany (03:08):
Good Saint Anne, please pray for us.
Our Lady of La Vang, pleasepray for us.
Our Lady of Pena francia,please pray for us.
Our Lady of the Cape, pleasepray for us.
Our Lady of Czestochowa, pleasepray for us.
Our Lady of Kibeho, please prayfor us.

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Our Lady of Lourdes, pleasepray for us.

Closing prayer (03:31):
We give thanks for these healings, both
physical, emotional, andspiritual in nature.
For the pilgrims who have notencountered a miracle on their

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pilgrimage to this beloved MarinShrine, may all not lose hope,
and may we continue to seek andto share the light of Christ in
our homes and in ourcommunities.
We thank you for all the womenwho have joined us on this
retreat and for the gift oftheir time, strength, devotion,
and faithfulness.

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We pray for all theirintentions, for their families,
and for their continued heroismin their motherhood, both at
home and at work.
Through Jesus and our blessedMother, we pray.
Hail Mary, full of grace, theLord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,and blessed is the fruit of thy

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womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayfor us sinners now and at the
hour of our death.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, andof the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, Amen.
Thank you very much for joiningus.
God bless, and hope to see youagain.