Celebration of the Fiesta of Our Lady of Lourdes 11 Feb 2008

On the 150th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, a novena of Masses and a fiesta Mass were celebrated at the Lourdes Grotto. Fr. Miguel Lambino, who celebrated the novena and fiesta Masses writes on the celebration at the Lourdes Grotto:

“The February 11 Mass went well. We had thick fog, and a drizzling rain. To keep people from thinking about the bad weather … I narrated the true story that on February 11, 1858, it was a cold and gray and damp winter day — it was drizzling.

Anyway, after the Mass, I led the people in praying Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and then we processed to the Risen Lord statue and blessed it. I led the people in A Litany to the Eucharist, Act of Personal Consecration to the Sacred Heart, and Consecration of Families to the Sacred Heart. We sang songs after each prayer. MJV staff and volunteers distributed blessed rose petals [red and white].”