We traveled to Lourdes today,  to visit the shrine of St Bernadette, our Lady of Lourdes.  She saw an apparition of Mary in the mid 1800s,  saying “I am the immaculate conception”,  and a spring appeared there with healing waters.   Many believed in the healing powers,  and still some come out take holy water away to cure illnesses.   This is where the misconception of Mary being conceived immaculately is from, but the Catholic church today does not teach that anymore.    Perhaps Bernadette misheard Mary, and she actually said,  I conceived immaculately…. not I was.

Our drive was beautiful too. Lourdes is close to the Pyrenees and our views today were spectacular!