Visions Collection (page 4)

Arriving by Train
Pilgrims arriving by train - women and clerics

Waiting to Bathe
Pilgrims wait to bathe in the miraculous waters from the spring which the Virgin Mary revealed to Bernadette

Invalid on Stretcher
A sick pilgrim on a wheeled stretcher, with family, priest and nurses

Invalid Pilgrims
Sick or disabled pilgrims are wheeled to the Grotto in invalid chairs - hopefully they won t need them on the way back !

Clerics at Station
Clerical pilgrims arrive at the railway station - note the facial expressions!

Mens Parade
Ceremonial parade of the Mens Pilgrimage on the Esplanade

Womens Orders
Pilgrims from womens nursing orders

Pilgrims at Station
Pilgrims arriving at the railway station

Procession of Priests
Procession of priests

Church Cashes In
The Catholic Church cashes in on Lourdes, offering cures (65 years of success !), the story of Bernadette, and the only brand of candles officially approved by the Virgin Mary

The Grotto in 1875
Pilgrims at the grotto - the Spanish caption refers to the Lourdes devotion as a popular superstition

Pilgrims at the Grotto
Pilgrims at the grotto - priests, peasants and fashionably dressed folk

Lourdes Pilgrims 1905
Pilgrims help themselves to water from the fontaine miraculeuse supposedly revealed to Bernadette by Mary. (note the boys dressed in their best clothes !)

Bernadettes Home
The family home of Bernadette Soubirous, at Lourdes, now in 1900 offering lodgings to pilgrims who could enjoy the privilege of spending the night in the saints home !

Lourdes Circa 1900
The area round the grotto at the end of the 19th century complete with basilica, esplanade, medical buildings, baths, fountains and so on

Lourdes / Image of Mary
Mary as supposedly seen by Bernadette Soubirous in the grotto

LA Salette / Souvenirs
The Basilica erected at the site of Melanie Calvat and Maximin Girards encounter with the Virgin Mary

Bernadette / Postcard
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, sees the Virgin Mary in the rocky grotto at Lourdes

Cross over Trenches
British troops see the Cross of Jesus in the sky over the trenches, and take it as a sign that God is on their side

Vision of Cross
Jesus watches while two British soldiers are inspired by a vision of the Cross

Jeanne D arc
The apparition of Jeanne d Arc, mounted on a white steed, encourages the French infantry to advance to La Gloire ou La Mort

Witchs Visions
A witch conjures up visions which terrify a client

Bernadette / Vision / Laugee
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, suddenly sees the Virgin Mary in the grotto

Don Quixote dreaming of knightly exploits -- to dream the impossible dream!

Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish engineer and mystic
Emanuel Swedenborg (born Swedberg) (1688-1772), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian

Selling blessed rock
At Conde-sur-Noireau a street seller offers fragments of the rock on which the Blessed Virgin Mary stood when she appeared on 19 September 1846, and which he promises are miraculous

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