The Grotto at St. Bernadette and St. John XXIII

“Lourdes is a place of prayer, a place of conversion, and a place of hope. Here the Virgin calls all of her children to penance and to trust in God’s mercy. Before the Grotto, the Church contemplates Mary, the Immaculate Conception, and learns from her to welcome the saving grace of God. Lourdes is a school of faith, where the sick and the suffering are not marginalized, but honored, and where human weakness becomes a place of encounter with the power of Christ.”