the wonders of lourdes : 150 miraculous stories of the power of prayer to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our lady's apparitions

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The wonders of Lourdes « The Wonders of Lourdes is a work like no other - a beautiful, grand, engaging and wonderfully comprehensive history of the Lourdes story that calls us back to the virtue of hope. Magnificat has done the Catholic community a marvelous service with this project. It's a treasure. »Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado« A monumental tribute of history and prose to the spiritual mother of all peoples who identified herself to the world from that humble Lourdes grotto with the sublime revelation : " I am the Immaculate Conception. " »Dr. Mark Miravalle, Professor of Theology and Mariology Franciscan University of Steubenville« Above all, this book proposes with simple clarity the wisdom and truth found in the stories of the people who are " the wonders of Lourdes ! " »Maria de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda, author of « The Seeker's Guide to Mary » (Loyola, 2002)« Each chapter is a potent reminder that the astonishing gift of Our Lady at Lourdes is for everyone - from the greatest of pontiffs to the humblest laborer, from the most learned theologian to the simplest soul wrestling with life's challenges. »Matthew Bunson, editor, Encyclopedia of Saints (Our Sunday Visitor)« Like the spring at the grotto, the stories in this marvelous collection bubble up in an abundance of refreshing witness to the continuing miracle that is Lourdes. »Paul Thigpen, Ph. D., editor of The Catholic Answer magazine