People today go to Lourdes on pilgrimage for many reasons one of them is to bathe in the water.

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A01- Pilgrimage

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Kieron Curran

There are many places of pilgrimage but there are only a few main ones, which includes Lourdes. The story of how Lourdes came about is when a young girl called Bernadette went to the grotto and saw a woman in the grotto and told her to come back for fifteen more days and she told her to do several tasks like wash and dig in the mud until she reached a spring and water started to flow and go and tell the priest to build a chapel but nobody listened to her until she asked the lady in the grotto her name her name was Mary. “I am the immaculate conception” and she went to tell the priest what Mary said and he knew she was telling the truth and from the on people went to the grotto to pray.

People today go to Lourdes on pilgrimage for many reasons one of them is to bathe in the water. The baths are a symbol of our baptism and we are also strengthening our faith, you walk along the bath and kiss the statue of Mary mother of Jesus, then you are fully immersed into the bath until you think you are cleansed, people also drink the water for the same reasons for cleansing and healing and pilgrims also bring back holy water for family and loved ones.

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                Pilgrims also go to Lourdes to go to the chapel the chapel was built above or on top of the grotto it is called the basilica the Immaculate Conception. Pilgrims also go on processions two processions are held every day of the week like the torchlight procession this is when at night people hold up candles sing hymns and say prayers while following a statue of Mary. They process in memory of Mary mother of Jesus as she asked us to remember her. This is also a time for people to have ...

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