Santa BernardetteNació in Lourdes (France) in 1844. Her parents are very poor. At baptism he was named Maria Bernarda (name she later used when religious) but everyone called Bernadette.
was the oldest of several brothers. Her parents lived in a wet basement and miserable, and Dad had the job taking out the garbage from the hospital. The girl was always very poor health due to lack of sufficient food, and unfortunately poor state of the room where he resided. In the early years suffered from the disease of cholera which left her very weak. A terrible weather also causes cold winter in that region, Bernadette acquired from ten years the disease of asthma, which by compressing the bronchi produce continuous choking and shortness of breath.
accompany this disease and the torment of his life. At the end of his life will also suffer from tuberculosis. It fulfilled the words of Jesus: "My Father, the tree you want most, rather he prunes (with suffering) to produce more fruit" (John 15).
Bernadette fulfilled in what St. Paul said: "God chose what is worthless in the eyes of the world to shame the vanities of the world." Bernadette at age 14 could not read or write or had made her First Communion because they had failed to learn the catechism. But I had some great qualities: the Virgin prayed a lot and never told a lie. One day he sees a sheep with a green stain on the wool and asked the father: Why have that green spot? Dad wanted to fool around, he answered: "It is indigestion from eating too much grass." The girl gets to mourn and exclaims: "The poor sheep are going to burst." And then Mr. Soubirous told it was a fib. A colleague says: "We must be very foolish to believe that what her father said was true." And Bernadette replied: Is that because I have never told a lie, I figured that the others do not say never!
Santa BernardetteDesde the February 11, 1859 until 16 July of that year, the Sma. Virgin appeared to him 18 times to Bernadette. The appearances can read the details on day 11 February. Our Lady said: "I will not make you happy in this life, but in the other." And so it happened. The life of the girl, after the apparitions was full of disease, hardship and humiliation, but all this was gaining a degree of holiness so great that they won huge prize for the sky.
People brought him money, after they learned that the Blessed Virgin had appeared, but she never wanted to receive anything. Our Lady had told three secrets, which she never wanted to tell anyone. Probably one of these secrets was that he should receive money or gifts from anyone, and the other, not ever did anything that would appeal to her looks. So was always a poor and isolated from any display. She was not beautiful, but after the apparitions, her eyes had a glow that everyone admired.
It was hard going out for visits because he always asked all the same and even some stated that they did not believe in what she had seen. When the mother called her to meet a visitor, she was shaking and sometimes was put to mourn. "Wow," he told the lady, have courage! And the young woman wiping her tears and went out to meet visitors showing joy and patience, as if that will not cost you any sacrifice.
To mock her as the Virgin had said to chew a bitter herbs, such as sacrifice, sr. Mayor said: Is that confused with a calf? And the girl replied: "Mr. Mayor, you if you serve salad at lunch? "Sure," What is it confused with a calf? Everyone laughed and realized that he was humble but was no fool. Santa BernarditaBernardita
asked to be admitted into the Community of Daughters of Charity of Nevers. Delayed in admitting it because his health was very weak. But at last admitted. At 4 months in the community was about to die from an asthma attack, and he received his religious vows, but soon recovered.
made in the nursing community and sacristan, and after nine years he was suffering a very painful illness. When I arrived the most horrific attacks exclaimed: "What we ask of Our Lord is not giving me the health, but give me courage and strength to bear with patience my illness. To comply with that recommended the Sma. Virgin offer my suffering as penance for the conversion of sinners. "
One way God has for holy people reach a high degree of perfection, is to let them reach the misunderstanding, and often from people in high places and to make them think that this persecution are making a good work.
Bernadette had the superior during the early years of a religious woman who had a total dislike and almost everything she had judged him negatively. For example, because of a strong and continual pain that she suffered in a knee, had to limp a bit. However, the superior said Bernadette lame for people to see the nuns could distinguish from afar was what he had seen the Virgin. And so in a number of unpleasant details made her suffer. And she never complained or disgusted by it all. Remembered well the news that he had given the Mother of God: "Do not make you happy in this life, but in the other."
religious lasted fifteen years. The first 6 years he was working, but was treated with much indifference by superiors. After 9 years the other night and day suffered two terrible diseases, asthma and tuberculosis. When the winter came, with a cold several degrees below zero, and continually choked her life was a continuous pain. Santa Statue
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to get back to Lourdes, but since the day he was to visit the cave one last time for religious leave, never returned there. She repeated: "Ah who could go there without being seen. When you have once seen the Blessed. Virgen, it would be ready for any sacrifice to see her again. So beautiful is."
Reaching the Community met the sisters and asked me to tell them how they were the apparitions of the Virgin. Then he was forbidden to talk about it again, and in the 15 years of religious and was not allowed to address this issue. There are sacrifices to prepare them high holy place in heaven.
Once he was about to die, A bishop came to visit and said he was traveling to Rome, he wrote a letter to the Pope to send him a blessing, and that he would take personally. Bernadette, with a trembling hand, he writes: "Holy Father, how dare, I will write a poor sister to the Supreme Pontiff. But Mr. Bishop has commanded me to do so. I ask a special blessing for this poor sick." A return journey Mr. Bishop brought a very special blessing of the Pope and a silver cross that sent him gift the Holy Father.
On April 16, 1879, said excitedly: "I saw the Virgin. Yes, I saw, I saw how beautiful she was!" And after a moment of silence exclaimed excitedly: "Pray for this poor sinner lady" and pressing the crucifix over his heart was dead. She was just 35 years.
A Bernadette attended the funeral of an immense crowd. And she began to perform miracles of God in favor of those who sought his help. And on December 8, 1933, Pope Pius Once declared saint.
Bernadette you that you had the joy of seeing the Blessed. Virgin here on earth, let us have the joy of seeing her and accompany her forever in heaven.
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