{"id":870619,"date":"2026-03-13T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/2026-a-lourdes-je-te-salue-comblee-de-grace-le-seigneur-est-avec-toi\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:46:29","slug":"2026-in-lourdes-hail-full-of-grace-the-lord-is-with-thee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/2026-in-lourdes-hail-full-of-grace-the-lord-is-with-thee\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 in Lourdes: \u2018Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"870619\" class=\"elementor elementor-870619 elementor-870044\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41c36cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41c36cc\" 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-46235fb\" data-id=\"46235fb\" 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-4635a639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4635a639\" 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>Starting in 2026, the Sanctuary of Lourdes will open a new three-year spiritual journey, based on the Gospel according to Saint Luke. Three years to walk with Mary, guided by her faith, her hope and her praise. The year 2026 is the gateway to this journey: it sets us on the threshold of the Annunciation, where it all began.<\/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-2bbc9b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bbc9b4b\" 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><em><strong>\u201cHail, full of grace, the Lord is with you<\/strong><\/em>\u201d (Luke 1:28). These words which the angel Gabriel spoke to Mary are not just a passage from the Bible: they are an invitation to every pilgrim who comes to Lourdes. An invitation to welcome, to listen and to dare to say \u201cyes\u201d to something that can transform our lives.<\/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-04d2719 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"04d2719\" 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THEME-ANNEE_EN-1.pdf\" 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\"> Read the theme for 2026<\/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-1b50b1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b50b1a\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e502fa\" data-id=\"6e502fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8597155\" data-id=\"8597155\" 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-a820dde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a820dde\" 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<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Catechesis available in February at the Grotto bookshop<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77781a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d77781a\" 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<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/catequesisEN1-808x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-870631\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/catequesisEN1-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/catequesisEN1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/catequesisEN1-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/catequesisEN1-1213x1536.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/catequesisEN1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Catecheses 2026<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fc4502\" data-id=\"9fc4502\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\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-2def000 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2def000\" 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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b772e0a\" data-id=\"b772e0a\" 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-9e83af9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e83af9\" 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 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Lourdes in the light of the Annunciation<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On<strong> 25th March 1858<\/strong>, the day on which the Church celebrates the Annunciation, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/the-message-of-lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Virgin Mary revealed her name<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/bernadette-soubirous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernadette<\/a><\/strong>: \u2018I am the Immaculate Conception.\u2019 This date is no coincidence. It sheds considerable light on the mystery that took place in Lourdes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When Mary told Bernadette, \u2018I am the Immaculate Conception,\u2019 she was not giving her an abstract theological title. She was revealing who she was, just as the angel had done in Nazareth. In Lourdes, Mary introduced herself <strong>by the same mystery that was revealed at the Annunciation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the Annunciation, the angel greets Mary with a single phrase, <strong>\u2018Hail, full of grace.\u2019<\/strong> This title reveals her most profound identity: Mary is entirely filled with God\u2019s grace, from the very beginning of her life. It is this same mystery that she reveals at Lourdes, not through theoretical teaching, but through a simple word of truth about herself.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thus, Lourdes appears as a <strong>living extension of the Annunciation.<\/strong> In Nazareth, as in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-grotto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> the Grotto of Massabielle<\/strong><\/a>, God chooses simplicity, silence and humility with which to reveal Himself. And as in Nazareth, His grace is never forced upon anyone: it is always waiting for a willing response.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Faced with this revelation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/bernadette-soubirous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bernadette<\/strong> <\/a>responds with humble and faithful trust, without understanding everything. Her attitude echoes Mary&#8217;s \u2018here I am\u2019. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lourdes<\/strong> <\/a>today, everyone is invited to respond in the same way: <strong>to welcome grace, recognise God&#8217;s presence, and dare to say \u2018yes\u2019, opening their hearts to hope.<\/strong><\/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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-130798d\" data-id=\"130798d\" 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-3fb0266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fb0266\" 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 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Annunciation: the origin of all faith<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When we reflect on the Annunciation, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THEME-ANNEE_EN-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the theme of the year chosen by the Sanctuary<\/strong><\/a>, we find ourselves immersed in the most crucial and delicate moment in the history of salvation. Mary does not yet know where her response will lead her. She is unaware of the trials that lie ahead, or of the cross. Yet she stands there, completely open to God&#8217;s will.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In Lourdes, we don&#8217;t just think about the Annunciation through the Gospel text; we can also see it in the beautiful mosaic of the Annunciation that decorates the Rosary Basilica.<\/strong> This work, which is deeply rooted in the prayer of the Sanctuary, gives pilgrims a real visual catechesis.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the prayer of the Rosary, the Annunciation is<strong> the first joyful mystery.<\/strong> It leads us into quiet reflection by inviting us to listen to God&#8217;s word, just like Mary did. Pilgrims to Lourdes can pray the joyful mysteries<strong> twice a day on Mondays and Saturdays<\/strong>: at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-grotto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Grotto<\/strong><\/a> every day at 3:30 p.m. and in the evening during the torchlight procession or rosary.<\/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-b66c01f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b66c01f\" 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=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/logo-EN_jetesalue-rond-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-866576\" alt=\"\" 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Grotto<\/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-dd3b727 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd3b727\" 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-55972c7\" data-id=\"55972c7\" 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-41a706f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41a706f\" 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 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\">FIRST JOYEFUL MYSTERY: THE ANNUNCIATION<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fruit of mystery: humility<\/strong><\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the sixth month the angel\u00a0Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named\u00a0Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed\u00a0to a man whose name was Joseph,\u00a0of the house of David. And the virgin&#8217;s name was Mary.\u00a0 And he came to her and said, \u201cGreetings,\u00a0O favoured one,\u00a0the Lord is with you!\u201d But\u00a0she was greatly troubled at the saying and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.\u00a0\u00a0And the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary, for\u00a0you have found favour with God.\u00a0\u00a0And behold,\u00a0you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and\u00a0you shall call his name Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0He will be great and will be called the Son of\u00a0the Most High. And the Lord God\u00a0will give to him the throne of\u00a0his father David,\u00a0and he will reign over the house of Jacob\u00a0for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And Mary said to the angel, \u201cHow will this be, since I am a virgin?\u201d<\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And the angel answered her,\u00a0\u201cThe Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of\u00a0the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the child to be born\u00a0will be called\u00a0holy \u2013 the Son of God.\u00a0\u00a0And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her\u00a0who was called barren.\u00a0 For\u00a0nothing will be impossible with God.\u201d And Mary said, \u201cBehold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.\u201d And\u00a0the angel departed from her.<\/span><\/em><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Luke 1:26-38.)<\/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-a65d681 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a65d681\" 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-bb52ba0\" data-id=\"bb52ba0\" 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-c382529 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c382529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/4RkyvBlKbRY?list=PL2fBaIU3WZ21DLWXpKlJDC47xKYmJValn&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\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-584eeb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"584eeb9\" 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-b4511eb\" data-id=\"b4511eb\" 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-b904a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b904a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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>Starting in 2026, the Sanctuary of Lourdes will open a new three-year spiritual journey, based on the Gospel according to Saint Luke. 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