For the Love of Us All

WITNESS

2-11-13

OUR LADY OF LOURDES-I WILL NEVER FORGET

Our Lady of Lourdes

Is a title for the Blessed Virgin Mary

Used by Roman Catholics

In honor of apparitions of Mary

And for many miracles

That are said to have occurred there

At Lourdes, France

On the evening

Of January 18^th, 1977

I developed a tremendous pain/ pressure

In my groin area

And I was admitted to the hospital

The next day

I WILL NEVER FORGET

I was rushed

To emergency surgery

The next day

With a perforated bowel

I WILL NEVER FORGET

The first apparition

Of Our Lady of Lourdes

Was mad February 11^th, 1858

By Bernadette Soubirous

A 14-year-old peasant girl

Who admitted to her mother

That a “lady”

Spoke to her

In the cave of Massabielle

About a mile from her home

The apparition of the “lady”

Was reported

On seventeen further occasions

That year

After the surgery

I laid there

For two weeks

With tubes coming

Out of every orifice in my body

In a state between life and death

I WILL NEVER FORGET

The apparition

Asked Bernadette to dig in the ground

And drink

From the spring she found there

And she did

From that day onward

That spring

Has produced 27,000 gallons of water per week

My health

Took a turn for the worse

Dr. Christian was called in

To work on me

And Father Newell was called in

To administer the Sacrament for the Sick

My temperature

Reached as high as 108 degrees

And my blood count went down to three

And I had many blood transfusions

It looked like death was imminent

I WILL NEVER FORGET

Many miracles have occurred

At Our Lady of Lourdes

Some proven authentic miracles

And many not reported at all

The day

I walked out of the hospital

Was February 11^th, 1977

The day of the first reported vision

At Lourdes, France in 1858

I will testify FOR GOD

And give thanks TO GOD

For every day

Of the REST of my life

I WILL NEVER FORGET

Robert P. Wallman

February 7, 2013

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