{"id":815911,"date":"2024-01-02T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/?p=815911"},"modified":"2023-12-26T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T14:08:43","slug":"birth-and-baptism-of-bernadette-soubirous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/birth-and-baptism-of-bernadette-soubirous\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth and baptism of Bernadette Soubirous, 180 years on!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"815911\" class=\"elementor elementor-815911 elementor-815867\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60f33b52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60f33b52\" 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-306b3f72\" data-id=\"306b3f72\" 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-75e16cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75e16cd9\" 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>Lourdes is starting this new year, which will be dedicated to prayer (with a view to the 2025 Jubilee Year), with the birth and baptism of Bernadette Soubirous, the young woman from Bigorre who saw the Virgin Mary.<br \/>The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes wants to help all those who enter the Sanctuary to make \u201cpilgrimages of prayer\u201d, so that they can set out on their journey in the footsteps of Christ, putting into practice the theme that the Sanctuary is suggesting for visitors and pilgrims for this year 2024: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/pastoral-theme-2023-lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that people should come in procession<\/a>\u201d.<\/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-5add0d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5add0d39\" 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>Bernadette Soubirous joined this community of prayer, this great Christian family that is the Church, two days after her birth, on<strong> 9th January 1844<\/strong>. She was baptised in the parish church of St Peter, which was on what is now Place Peyramale, not far from the present-day parish church of Lourdes.<br \/><strong>180 years later, we are continuing our journey towards Christ by following in the footsteps of the woman who saw the Mother of God.<\/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-4b268dd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b268dd0\" 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\">From the Boly Mill to the parish church<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1e9e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e1e9e33\" 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>Bernadette was carried by her family from the Mill, where she was born, to the parish church. To enter into the life of God, we need to be carried and accompanied.<br \/>It is possible to know the letters of the alphabet yet not know how to read&#8230; let us be carried along so that we can learn to read God&#8217;s story through his witnesses.<br \/>Every day, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-bernadette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBernadette&#8217;s Footsteps\u201d<\/a>, as a way of entering into the history of Lourdes. You can walk with Bernadette and get to know the main places where she lived, from her birth on 7th January 1844 until her departure for the convent of the Sisters of Charity and Christian Instruction in Nevers in 1866.<\/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-5323066 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5323066\" 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-26d51fd\" data-id=\"26d51fd\" 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-69c4931 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"69c4931\" 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\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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 pilgrim activities  <\/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-23055a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23055a1\" 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-0fe191c\" data-id=\"0fe191c\" 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-8917bd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8917bd6\" 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-d3fe942\" data-id=\"d3fe942\" 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-0bad55c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bad55c\" 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=\"236\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bernadette-celle-que-personne-n-attendait-en-francais_004-236x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-815878\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bernadette-celle-que-personne-n-attendait-en-francais_004-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bernadette-celle-que-personne-n-attendait-en-francais_004.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>\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-562455c\" data-id=\"562455c\" 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-d677d4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d677d4f\" 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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Discover the biography of Bernadette Soubirous. In tracing Bernadette&#8217;s journey from her childhood to her life in seclusion at the convent in Nevers, Don Maxence Bertrand shows how, despite life&#8217;s difficulties such as social deprivation and health problems, Bernadette was able to make free choices. An encouraging book for young people, it combines biographical aspects, teachings and suggestions for action, so that readers, inspired by the figure of Bernadette, learn to build their lives on trust in God. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Available from<a href=\"https:\/\/librairie-boutique-lourdes-sanctuaire.fr\/gb\/books\/691-bernadette-the-one-nobody-expected-in-french-9782365263214.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the Grotto Bookshop<\/a>, the official shop of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Shrine.<\/span><\/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-321ccc38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"321ccc38\" 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-1becfeb8\" data-id=\"1becfeb8\" 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-4b0eb46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b0eb46\" 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\">Epiphany and Baptism of the Lord<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b49cb99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b49cb99\" 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>This year, between the birth and baptism of Saint Bernadette, the whole Church is celebrating two very important feasts in the life of Jesus: the Epiphany and the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan.<br \/>Epiphany is a Greek word meaning \u201c<strong>manifestation<\/strong>\u201d. The Church uses this expression as the name of the day on which it celebrates the manifestation of Our Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God.<br \/>In the West, it is primarily the feast of the Magi or \u201cKings\u201d. The inaugural events of Jesus\u2019 public life are not forgotten, as the office of the feast speaks of the three mysteries of this day as being one: the adoration of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus and the wedding feast at Cana. That being said, however, the feast of the Magi attracts almost all the attention.<br \/>The gifts of the Magi constitute the concrete expression of their adoration, their gratitude and their dependence on the Sovereign King.<\/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-1111830 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1111830\" 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-8b5b60a\" data-id=\"8b5b60a\" 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-c0dc695 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0dc695\" 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-7300bc7\" data-id=\"7300bc7\" 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-d59af6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d59af6d\" 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><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cThe wise men brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Gold becometh a King, frankincense is offered in sacrifice to God, and with myrrh are embalmed the bodies of the dead. Therefore, by these mystical gifts did the wise men preach Him whom they adored; by the gold, that He was King; by the frankincense, that He was God; and by the myrrh, that He was to die<\/em>. (Saint Gregory)<\/span><\/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-f298f7f\" data-id=\"f298f7f\" 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-3498b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3498b81\" 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=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rois-Mages-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-815888\" alt=\"\" \/>\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-c4b5e08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4b5e08\" 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-b1c1210\" data-id=\"b1c1210\" 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-72f50d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72f50d2\" 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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To give Epiphany its full Pentecostal dimension in the Nativity cycle, the Latin Church recently introduced the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. With this feast, the liturgy extends the Epiphany (i.e. the manifestation) of Christ. In the liturgy of Monday 8th January, we hear some profound words. They invite us to relive the moment when Jesus, baptised by John, emerges from the waters of the Jordan and God the Father presents him as his only Son, the Lamb who takes upon himself the sins of the world.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.\u00a0And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him.\u00a0\u00a0And a voice came from the heavens, \u201cYou are my Son, the Beloved;\u00a0with you I am well pleased.<\/em>\u201d (Mk.1:9-11)<\/span><\/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-3df7948 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3df7948\" 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-583bbb8\" data-id=\"583bbb8\" 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-a266b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a266b42\" 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=\"915\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bapteme-Bernadette-915x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-815895\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bapteme-Bernadette-915x1024.jpg 915w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bapteme-Bernadette-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bapteme-Bernadette-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bapteme-Bernadette.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/>\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lourdes is starting this new year, which will be dedicated to prayer (with a view to the 2025 Jubilee Year), with the birth and baptism of Bernadette Soubirous, the young woman from Bigorre who saw the Virgin Mary. 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