Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, February 11th

With Mary O’Brien in Lourdes

Dear friends, happy feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes to you all! We have completed our 9 days of prayer in honour of Our Lady and today we celebrate her feast day. We join Mary O’Brien of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team for morning prayer in Sanctuary of Lourdes, and today Mary reflects on the Visitation – when Mary went to her cousin Elizabeth.

We reflect on how Mary “went with haste” to see Elizabeth – Mary, filled with a sense of excitement upon hearing the good news that the Angel Gabriel gave her, rushed to see her cousin in this time of great joy! Just as any of us might do so when we are filled with joy, not only for ourselves but for someone we are close to. And so we hope today, that you can share in this joy, the joy of our faith, where we are so privileged to be on this feast day. #lourdes