Bernadette and Lourdes Godden the glory as of the

the glory as of the Father’s only Son

” These words of William Butler Yeats are often cited in reference to the problems peculiar to the modern age

ISBN: 978-1685951115

his translation-and-commentary collaborations with Monsignor Knox also include The Gospel Story and It Is Paul Who Writes

and equally witty and insightful reflections on “Going On Pilgrimage

Bernadette and Lourdes Godden the glory as of theBy Michel de Saint Pierre The French town of Lourdes lies at the bottom of a valley as though in the palm of a hand. In this simple place, on Thursday, February 11, 1858, in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous beheld a vision of a Lady in white. Over the next four months, this Lady would appear to Bernadette a total of eighteen times, assuring her of happiness not in this world but the next;