Today is the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. You could say that I have a devotion to St. Bernadette (my patron!) and Our Lady of Lourdes, because they are apart of my journey Home. It’s amusing – to me at least – that St. Bernadette led me to Our Lady of Lourdes, who in turn took me by the hand and put it in the hand of her Son.
I was reading an email last night on Our Lady of Lourdes, which discussed how Our Lady prayed the Rosary with St. Bernadette, but only said the Gloria (“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit….”). The explanation stated that Our Lady, being already in Heaven; did not need to ask God for her daily bread in the Our Father, and neither did she pray the Hail Mary, since that prayer addresses her (and that would be kind of silly, really!). She prayed the Gloria with St. Bernadette because it gives glory to God, and as the email stated, “she will never miss an opportunity to give glory to God.” I never really thought of that, despite being well-versed in the apparitions and Our Lady of Lourdes. I guess it goes to show that you learn something new every day. 
To celebrate today, I plan on watching The Song of Bernadette, which Greg so graciously gave me as a Christmas gift. God willing, some day I want to go to Lourdes on a pilgrimage – Greg and I talk about that quite regularly, actually. Maybe when we’re retired, we can do that.
More on Our Lady of Lourdes can be found at Catholic Saint of the Day, or you can visit the official website for Lourdes.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us!
You’re quite welcome. I’ve discovered that there is always more to learn and discover, be it with Marian apparitions or whatnot.
Thanks for writing this, I am still learning and discovering. Marian apparitions are still somewhat confusing to me. But I really enjoyed your links. I had no idea there have been so many miracles at Lourdes.