St. Bernadette Soubirous: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections

St. Bernadette Soubirouswas born in France on January 7, 1844, and died on this date in 1879.

You probably know the story of the six months during which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Bernadette, a sickly, functionally illiterate fourteen year old. The girl’s witness never wavered, no matter how often or how long authorities questioned her. Millions have visited Lourdes since, in gratitude for or in search of cures.

And what happened to Bernadette after those six months? She eventually joined a...