{"id":787784,"date":"2022-09-06T09:32:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/8-septembre-fete-de-la-nativite-de-la-bienheureuse-vierge-marie\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T09:30:27","slug":"8th-september-feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/8th-september-feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"8th September &#8211; Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"787784\" class=\"elementor elementor-787784 elementor-787723\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b373a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b373a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b579ada\" data-id=\"5b579ada\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e88906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e88906\" data-element_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><strong>In September, the Church celebrates three Marian feasts in one week: the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8th September), the Holy Name of Mary (12th September) and Our Lady of Sorrows (15th September). Mary\u2019s birth and her divine motherhood are connected in prayer.<\/strong><\/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-7071ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7071ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Experience the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0bb289 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0bb289\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-81dbaab\" data-id=\"81dbaab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b78013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b78013\" data-element_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<h4><strong>9:00 a.m. \u2013 Chapel of St Cosmas &amp; Damian <br \/>3:00 p.m. \u2013 Rosary at the Grotto<br \/>5:00 p.m. \u2013 Eucharistic Procession<br \/>9:00 p.m. \u2013 Torchlight procession<br \/>10:30 p.m. \u2013 Mass at the Grotto<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-819cb73\" data-id=\"819cb73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fca1563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fca1563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-en-avant.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-787737\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-en-avant.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-en-avant-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec0e604 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec0e604\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0ee8a1\" data-id=\"a0ee8a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb7ff9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cfb7ff9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">All activities for pilgrims <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a5aa34d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a5aa34d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2caa48c1\" data-id=\"2caa48c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd8d14c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bd8d14c\" data-element_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><strong>The Gospel writers do not tell us where Mary was born, as it is of little importance. We only know that she was related to Elizabeth who lived in Judea. It is not impossible, therefore, that she herself was from Jerusalem.<\/strong><\/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-6c745e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c745e96\" data-element_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>The Church of Jerusalem was the first to commemorate the Nativity of the Mother of God with a feast that Rome adopted most likely towards the end of the 7th century. It spread rapidly throughout the West, especially in France.<br \/>An ancient tradition, found in the apocryphal Gospel of James, tells us of the parents of the Virgin, Joachim and Anne. The Nativity of Mary is one of the great feasts of the Byzantine liturgical year because it inaugurates the economy of salvation and the inscription of the Word of God in the history of humankind.<\/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-92d1b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92d1b81\" data-element_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>Since the 6th century, people have worshipped in Jerusalem, near the pool of Bethesda, the place where the Virgin Mary was born. It was in the Basilica of the Nativity of Mary that Saint John Damascene (Doctor of the Church 675-749) proclaimed, \u201cLet us celebrate with great joy this day which saw the birth of the Mother of Christ, she who is the <em>\u2018beginning of salvation<\/em>\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a14c35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a14c35\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-784b39d\" data-id=\"784b39d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3cdd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b3cdd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-787745\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Joachim2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f7b4e1\" data-id=\"4f7b4e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b6400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22b6400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-787750\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/statue_St_Anne-5-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fa371f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fa371f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad5358d\" data-id=\"ad5358d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4cf53a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4cf53a\" data-element_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<h3>The Virgin Mary is the patron saint of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholique65.fr\/dossiers\/sainte-patronne\">Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes<\/a> and patron saint of Notre-Dame de la S\u00e8de Cathedral.<br \/>8th September is therefore the feast not only of the cathedral and but the whole Diocese!<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c14c89\" data-id=\"6c14c89\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7de33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f7de33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cathedrale.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-787755\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cathedrale.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cathedrale-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48d1b58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48d1b58\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4aa1ca\" data-id=\"c4aa1ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f05e89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f05e89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-251fd37\" data-id=\"251fd37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca3dcc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca3dcc4\" data-element_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<h5><em>Have mercy on me, a sinner, and come to my aid, O my Lady. Your glorious birth from the race of Abraham, from the tribe of Judah, from the line of David, has it not brought joy to the whole world? May it also fill me with joy and purify me from all sin.<\/em><\/h5><p>Anonymous prayer from the Middle Ages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-53cda33\" data-id=\"53cda33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cecfc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cecfc3\" data-element_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<h5><em>Even before the birth of John the Baptist, that of Mary is an announcement of the Nativity of Jesus, the prelude to the Good News. The arrival of a daughter in the home of Anne and Joachim \u201cbrought hope and the dawn of salvation for all the world\u201d. This is why the Church invites us to celebrate it with joy.<\/em><\/h5><p>Roman Missal<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September, the Church celebrates three Marian feasts in one week: the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8th September), the Holy Name of Mary (12th September) and Our Lady of Sorrows (15th September). 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