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On Monday, our Lourdes Pilgrimage Hotel and Accueil chaplains will celebrate Mass for their groups. Pilgrims will also take part in the Geste de l’Eau (Water Gesture), obeying Our Lady’s instructions to drink and wash in the water that flows at a rate of hundreds of litres per day from the spring uncovered by St Bernadette, in the Grotto.

This evening, Bishop Richard and our Diocese's nearly 700 pilgrims in Lourdes will answer Our Lady's call to "Cover in Procession", as they participate in the Blessed Sacrament Procession. In the darkness of the Underground Basilica, pilgrims will adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and receive the Eucharistic Blessing.

As the priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the monstrance containing the sacred Host, our faith tells us that it is Our Lord himself who blesses us, and we receive the benediction with reverence, head bowed. This is a solemn and moving moment of the Pilgrimage, and a source of grace and healing to the sick, and to all who participate.

Let us pray for the healing of the sick across our community, and that devotion to the Blessed Sacrament may remain strong amongst us, and the practice of Adoration nourish our faith.

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