{"id":781219,"date":"2021-12-08T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/les-cierges\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:50:13","slug":"the-candles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-candles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"781219\" class=\"elementor elementor-781219 elementor-4668\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8995d5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8995d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e00de2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Light a candle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02fc917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02fc917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In Lourdes, we light candles to entrust the Virgin Mary with all our intentions, the burning flame prolonging our prayers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">It was on 19th February 1858, that Bernadette went to the Grotto for the first time with a candle and it was on 7th April, Easter Wednesday, that the flame of the candle she was holding in her hand<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/the-apparitions\/\">licked her fingers without burning them<\/a>.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/cierge-en-ligne\/\">You can light candles<\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">, like millions of pilgrims before you, in the Chapels of Light, opposite the Grotto, on the far side of the Gave.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e05d74b elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_blox_btn_group\" data-id=\"e05d74b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_blox_btn_group.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Button Group -->\n\n<style>\/* widget: Button Group *\/\n\n#uc_blox_btn_group_elementor_e05d74b\n{\n  display:flex;\n  flex-wrap: wrap;\n}\n\n#uc_blox_btn_group_elementor_e05d74b a\n{\n  display:block;\n  text-decoration:none;\n  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