Once In Lourdes
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The English Pilgrimage To Lourdes May 1883 By One Of The Pilgrims
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Author : Lourdes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
The English Pilgrimage To Lourdes May 1883 By One Of The Pilgrims written by Lourdes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages categories.
Once In Lourdes
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Author : Sharon Solwitz
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-05-30
Once In Lourdes written by Sharon Solwitz and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-30 with Fiction categories.
In the turbulent summer of 1968, four high school friends make a pact that will change their lives forever. As the Vietnam War rages overseas, four friends make a vow. For the next two weeks, they will live for each other and for each day. Then, at the end of the two weeks, they will sacrifice themselves on the altar of their friendship. Loyal Kay, our narrator, dreams of being an artist and escaping her stifling family—the stepmother and stepsister she gained after her mother’s early death, and the father she no longer feels she knows. As she struggles with her weight, her schoolwork, and her longing for her mother, she feels loyalty only to her three friends, determined to keep their group together at any cost. Brilliant, charismatic CJ appears to have everything—though even those closest to him can’t see him as he really is. Steady, quiet Saint wants to do right by everyone, trying not to let his emotions destroy himself and those around him. And beautiful Vera’s family secrets are too dark to share, even with her closest friends; caught in a web of family dysfunction, she can only hope the others won’t get tangled up in the danger she senses around her. In the two-week span in which the novel takes place, during the summer before their senior year of high school, the lives of Kay, CJ, Saint, and Vera will change beyond their expectations, and what they gain and lose will determine the novel’s outcome. Once, in Lourdes is a gripping, haunting novel about the power of teenage bonds, the story of four young people who will win your heart and transport you back to your own high school years. As the heady 1960s shift the ground beneath their feet, all of them must face who they are—and who they want to be. Praise for Once, in Lourdes “After writing a spate of short stories, [Sharon Solwitz] returns to the longer form with a ravishing sense of place . . . and a heightened, almost surreal, feel for how intense emotions alter our perception of the world, especially in youth. Solwitz’s surging, many-threaded, complexly insightful tale dramatizes not only personal crises, but also the violence of the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Timely and timeless.”—Booklist (starred review) “What makes Once, in Lourdes such a moving read is how deeply and finely Sharon Solwitz has observed and portrayed her characters. They are recognizable teenagers with recognizable desires and miseries and hardships, but they are so well rendered in their particulars that we follow them less and less as familiar types and more and more as the actual friends with whom we attempt to struggle through this part of life, making promises and pacts, breaking and keeping them, living and dying by them.”—Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers and Enon “This is a story that reads achingly true to young angst, then, now, and always. It’s an achievement of remarkable empathy—and gorgeous prose.”—Janet Burroway, author of Raw Silk and Writing Fiction “Sharon Solwitz has an ear so attuned to teen speech, teen humor, and, finally and most convincingly, teen angst that her novel crackles with urgency. She follows the rise and fall of adolescent moods, patient with their extremes and sympathetic to the neediness her characters struggle to hide. Once, in Lourdes will make you think you’re eavesdropping on what you’re not supposed to hear.”—Rosellen Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Before and After
The Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Lourdes
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-15
The Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Lourdes written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading While an admirable work of art created by the lapping waters of the once turquoise Gave de Pau, the unassuming riverside grotto tucked away on the northern neck of the Massabielle ("Old Mass") in the quaint town of Lourdes is hardly the most majestic in Mother Nature's collection. In fact, the cramped cave was so unexceptional that, for the most part, it remained untouched until the mid-19th century, save for a few stranded fishermen or herdsmen who took refuge there from unanticipated tempests and thunderstorms. Surrounded by hearty shrubs and swathed in winding vines of ivy, the shallow grotto, as damp as it is dim, is not even large enough to accommodate a coven of witches. Despite its quotidian exterior and underwhelming dimensions, the grotto draws in millions upon millions of visitors year after year without fail today. Zigzagging queues of locals, out-of-towners, and Christian pilgrims alike wait patiently for their chance to not only appreciate, but pay their respects to the mystifyingly magnetic grotto. Many of the starstruck believers raise their hands, their eyes welling with genuine tears, towards a statue of whom the locals hail "Our Lady of Lourdes," which is housed in a niche illuminated by a Christmas-tree-shaped candelabra holding stacks of white taper candles. They say that judgment does not exist in Lourdes. Once one sets foot on this hallowed soil, all barriers of race, social status, background, and religious differences cease to exist. One is no more than a humble soul in search of a renewal of one's connection to God. In a statement released to the French press in mid-August of 2008, Father Jacques Nieuviarts guaranteed the following: "Those who touch the rock at the grotto in Lourdes...Perhaps they are praying to be imbued with the strength of this rock. Those who drink the water from the fountain feel that their inner thirst is being quenched, that they have been changed, and that the water has purified them...In lighting the candle, they open themselves up to the clarity that comes from God, and when they depart leaving a burning candle, their prayer continues in union with the prayers of all the other people who have placed their lighted candles at the grotto..." Given these promises of inner peace and spiritual awakenings, not to mention the countless cases - both claimed and "verified" - of miraculous healing this supernatural town is teeming with, it comes as no surprise that this once unassuming town has now become the second most popular tourist destination in France, following Paris. Over the years, this formerly quaint, but rinky-dink, gray-roofed cottage town has more than succeeded in putting itself on the map through its mystical sanctuaries built on miracles, but how exactly did they achieve such a designation? And how much truth, if any at all, is there in these so-called miracles? The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes: The History and Legacy of the Catholic Church's Haven of Miracles chronicles the remarkable history of the site and how it became one of the religion's most influential spots. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes like never before.
Lourdes Classic Reprint
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Author : Émile Zola
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-17
Lourdes Classic Reprint written by Émile Zola and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-17 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from Lourdes So in the following year I went in August, and saw a national pilgrimage, and followed it during the three days which it lasts, in addition to the two days given to travelling. After its departure, I stayed on ten or twelve days, working up the subject in every detail. My book is the story of such a national pilgrimage, and is, accordingly, the story of five days. It is divided into five parts, each of which parts is limited to one day. There are from ninety to one hundred characters in the story: sick persons, pilgrims, priests, nuns, hospitallers, nurses, and peasants; and the book shows Lourdes under every aspect. There are the piscinas, the processions, the Grotto, the churches at night, the people in the streets. It is, in one word, Lourdes in its entirety. In this canvas is worked out a very delicate central intrigue, as in Dr. Pascal, and around this are many little stories or subsidiary plots. There is the story of the sick person who gets well, of the sick person who is not cured, and so on. The philosophical idea which pervades the whole book is the idea of human suffering, the exhibition of the desperate and despairing sufferers who, abandoned by science and by man, address themselves to a higher Power in the hope of relief as where parents have a dearly loved daughter dying of consumption, who has been given up, and for whom nothing remains but death. A sud den hope, however, breaks in upon them: supposing that after all there should be a Power greater than that of man, higher than that of science. They will haste to try this last chance of safety. It is the instinctive hankering after the lie which creates human credulity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
After Bernadette
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Author : Don Sharkey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
After Bernadette written by Don Sharkey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Christian shrines categories.
"The literature of Lourdes": pages 158-166. Part I. Introduction -- 1. Two novelists went to Lourdes -- Part II. Bernadette and the apparitions -- 2. The Soubirous family -- 3. The Lourdes of Bernadette -- 4. Bernadette and the Lady -- 5. Happiness deferred -- Part III. The shrine's first years -- 6. Early miracles -- 7. The bishop speaks -- 8. The growth of the shrine -- Part IV. Our Lady versus "science" -- 9. The spirit of the times -- 10. The "scientific attitude" -- 11. The medical bureau -- Part V. Modern Lourdes -- 12. Approaching the grotto -- 13. The grotto -- 14. The triple churches -- 15. The sick and their care -- 16. The baths -- 17. The blessing of the sick -- 18. The torchlight procession -- Part VI. The cured and the uncured -- 19. The case of Pierre De Rudder -- 20. A double cure -- 21. "A real resurrection" -- 22. The uncured -- 23. The woman shall conquer.
The Crowds Of Lourdes
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Author : Joris-Karl Huysmans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The Crowds Of Lourdes written by Joris-Karl Huysmans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Religion categories.
Lourdes
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Author : Patrick Marnham
language : en
Publisher: Galilee Trade
Release Date : 1982-08-17
Lourdes written by Patrick Marnham and has been published by Galilee Trade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-08-17 with History categories.
The most popular pilgrimage site in the world That is Lourdes, a small town in the French Pyrenees, where in 1858 Our Lady appeared to the young peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous. Curiosity and fascination grew steadily, a shrine was erected at the grotto where Bernadette experienced these visions, and Lourdes became a worldwide attraction. Today, more than 4 million people visit the shrine each year. Many come out of desperate hope; and countless "miracles" and healings have been claimed by visitors during the past century. What is behind the phenomenal growth of Lourdes? Who are the pilgrims who visit Lourdes in such record numbers? What really happens there? Patrick Marnham had asked himself these very questions many times. Finally, in search of some answers, he joined a pilgrimage from England to Lourdes and his revelations are at once astounding and absorbing. LOURDES: A MODERN PILGRIMAGE is an objective account -- based on his own experience -- of both sides of Lourdes: the town of high prices and low commercialism; and the other Lourdes, the domain of Our Lady, where the tourist industry gives way to Christian prayer and fellowship. He tells what it is like to go on a pilgrimage and how the famous miracle cures and authenticated. He sees both horrors and wonders there, as well as mysteries of faith at work in an age of doubt. For anyone who has been there, or for anyone planning to travel there someday, this book offers a fascinating overview of the paradox that is Lourdes.
Our Lady Of Lourdes Classic Reprint
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Author : Henri Lasserre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-19
Our Lady Of Lourdes Classic Reprint written by Henri Lasserre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from Our Lady of Lourdes They will be able to see how, even in the absence of all material force, this Religion is all-powerful for the maintenance of order; how, amid excited multitudes, it can restrain within just bounds the anger and indignation, however justified, of exasperated minds. They will be able to sec lastly how the Clergy cooperate by their loyal efforts and zeal towards the attainment of such results, and how, far from encouraging superstition, they display infinitely more deliberation and severity of investigation than any other class of men, when it is a question of pronouncing judgment with reference to facts which seemingly surpass the ordinary powers of nature. Your narrative, in no less luminous a manner, will render manifest the following truth - that impiety declares war against religion entirely in vain, and that the attempts of the wicked to hamper the divine counsels of Providence by human machinations are utterly unavailing, the perversity of men and their criminal audacity serving, on the contrary, as a means, in the hands of Providence, to confer on its works more power and splendor. Such are the reasons which have induced us to receive with the most lively joy your work entitled: Our Lady of Lourdes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Lourdes
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Author : Richard Frederick Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Lourdes written by Richard Frederick Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Lourdes (France) categories.
The English Pilgrimage To Lourdes May 1883 By One Of The Pilgrims
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Author : Lourdes
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-04-25
The English Pilgrimage To Lourdes May 1883 By One Of The Pilgrims written by Lourdes and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-25 with categories.
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