{"id":807807,"date":"2023-07-10T11:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T09:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/hommage-a-labbe-pomian-confesseur-de-bernadette\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T09:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:46:58","slug":"tribute-to-father-pomian-confessor-of-bernadette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/tribute-to-father-pomian-confessor-of-bernadette\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Father Pomian, confessor of Bernadette"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"807807\" class=\"elementor elementor-807807 elementor-807429\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c539938 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c539938\" 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-6019cdd0\" data-id=\"6019cdd0\" 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-226f81c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"226f81c5\" 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>Father Pomian was the first priest in whom Bernadette confided. She went to meet him on 13th February 1858 to tell him what she had seen at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes. It was on that same day that Bernadette went to confession for the first time in her life. He believed in Bernadette&#8217;s story very early on, because the first sign that Bernadette mentioned, the wind, made him think of the wind at Pentecost. He then asked Bernadette for permission to go and speak to the priest, Father Peyramale, about it.<\/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-3fb7253c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fb7253c\" 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\">130th anniversary of the death of Father Pomian<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603859d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"603859d2\" 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>This Saturday, 15th July, during the 11:15 a.m. mass at the Rosary Basilica, the \u201cchapelains\u201d of Lourdes will be paying tribute to Father Pomian on this 130th anniversary of his departure for the Lord. During this tribute mass, 5 \u201cchapelains\u201d will receive the \u201cchapelain\u2019s\u201d cross.<\/strong><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f13fc22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f13fc22\" 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-3ca413c6\" data-id=\"3ca413c6\" 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-7e759e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e759e4\" 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\">Bernadette's other encounters with Father Pomian<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64105672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64105672\" 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>After her first meeting with Father Pomian on 13th February 1858, Bernadette returned to him on 2nd March 1858 to bring him the message, <em>\u201cGo and tell the priests to build a chapel here and that people come in procession<\/em>.\u201d He then directed Bernadette to Father Peyramale.<\/p><p>He also<strong> prepared Bernadette to receive her long-awaited First Holy Communion <\/strong>in the chapel of the hospice on 3rd June 1858 <strong>and admitted her to the parish society of the children of Mary.<\/strong><\/p><p>When Bernadette was in Nevers, he kept in touch with her and came to visit her twice: 29th July 1875 to be present while his niece, Sister Mathilde Pomian made her vows and 15th September 1876 to arrange the construction of the Lourdes orphanage.<br \/>Bernadette said of him, <em><strong>\u201cHe is a father for our sisters in Lourdes.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa4c1f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa4c1f7\" 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-2b26be0\" data-id=\"2b26be0\" 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-122d6ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"122d6ce\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who was Father Pomian?<\/h4>\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-e5c4042 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5c4042\" 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-703f103\" data-id=\"703f103\" 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-3a85252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a85252\" 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=\"708\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pomian-708x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-807442\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pomian-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pomian-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pomian-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pomian-1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pomian.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/>\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-d0b3e09\" data-id=\"d0b3e09\" 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-ad0ec59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad0ec59\" 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>Bertrand-Marie Pomian was born in Aveux (90 km from Lourdes), on 27th September 1822. He was ordained a priest on 19th December 1846, appointed vicar of Castelnau-Magnoac in 1847, then of Ossun in 1848 and finally of Lourdes from 1st November 1851.<br \/>He became chaplain of the Hospice and Prison in Lourdes on 25th April 1857. Honorary canon of the cathedral of Tarbes, he was also director of the orphanage of Mary Immaculate<strong><br \/>He was not very talkative, formidable and cold, but very sensitive and a very good musician.<\/strong><\/p><p>When \u00c9mile Zola passed through Lourdes, he had wanted to meet him. Father Pomian refused, replying, \u201c<em>Tell Mr. Zola that I would not be able to teach him anything more than what has been written; for the rest, look to the confessor and this one is not speaking.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><strong>The nuns who were with him related his last moments:<\/strong><br \/><br \/>On 15th July, when he was ill, lying in the hospice, he said to the nuns, \u201cCan you not see this Madonna who is at the foot of my bed?\u201d they answered negatively and he said to them, \u201cOh! She&#8217;s fine there though.\u201d Then, hearing the ringing of the Angelus, he recited it and said to the nuns, \u201cLet us now recite the confiteor to ask forgiveness from God for my faults. And now let\u2019s say the Salve Regina again.\u201d At the end of this prayer, he exclaimed, \u201cLet us ascend to heaven! Let us ascend to heaven!\u201d and he died. He was 71 years old..<\/p><p><strong>Father Pomian is buried in the \u00c9galite cemetery in Lourdes.<\/strong><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10e1e4a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10e1e4a4\" 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-24b8df96\" data-id=\"24b8df96\" 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-f4ed356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4ed356\" 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 style=\"text-align: right;\">Notes taken from the archives of the Sanctuary by Nicolas Dargegen<\/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-3a5e14bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a5e14bb\" 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\">Tribute from Father Barr\u00e8re, then parish priest of Lourdes, during the funeral of Father Pomian on 17th July:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ccf2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24ccf2c3\" 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><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>\u201cWhat a good and kind person was the priest whom we mourn. During the 42 years he spent among us, what good he did!<br \/>It was he who directed Bernadette&#8217;s first steps on the paths of virtue and who received her great confidences.<br \/>How alike these two souls were! They describe Bernadette as \u2018humble\u2019; we will always describe Abb\u00e9 Pomian as \u2018unassuming\u2019.\u201d<br \/>Both were unaware of their virtues and always tried to hide away. They were right to do so. Good does not make noise, and noise does not do good.<br \/>He was of a rare discretion, an adviser such as is rarely seen\u2026 He was ripe for heaven. Our eyes may no longer see him; but our souls will thrive on his memory. May he rest in peace.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Pomian was the first priest in whom Bernadette confided. She went to meet him on 13th February 1858 to tell him what she had seen at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes. 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