The
____________________
site
of
Lourdes
is
near
the
Pyrenees
mountains
in
France
.
Every
year
,
it
is
visited
by
millions
of
____________________
,
particularly
Roman
Catholics
.
They
come
to
Lourdes
to
see
the
site
of
a
famous
____________________
experienced
by
a
young
girl
called
Bernadette
Soubirous
and
to
be
healed
by
its
supposedly
____________________
waters
.
Bernadette
Soubirous
was
born
in
1844
to
a
poor
miller
.
One
day
,
while
collecting
firewood
,
Bernadette
is
____________________
to
have
seen
Mary
,
the
mother
of
Jesus
,
dressed
in
white
with
a
blue
sash
and
a
yellow
rose
on
each
foot
.
Bernadette
is
said
to
have
witnessed
the
same
vision
many
times
.
During
one
vision
,
the
figure
of
Mary
asked
Bernadette
to
drink
at
the
____________________
beneath
her
feet
.
Even
though
this
area
was
muddy
,
the
next
day
,
the
ground
flowed
with
clear
water
.
Bernadette
was
then
told
to
have
a
chapel
built
in
the
exact
spot
where
the
vision
had
taken
place
.
Christian
pilgrims
now
visit
and
pray
in
the
____________________
of
Our
Lady
of
Lourdes
and
worship
at
the
____________________
where
the
vision
is
said
to
have
taken
place
.
Pilgrims
also
take
part
in
a
Torchlight
Marian
Procession
which
takes
place
every
evening
before
a
service
of
mass
takes
place
in
the
grotto
.
Pilgrims
also
____________________
their
sins
at
the
Reconciliation
Chapel
.
Nature
and
importance
Lourdes
is
considered
a
special
place
to
visit
because
prayers
and
services
are
believed
to
bring
real
____________________
to
the
pilgrim
.
Pilgrims
may
visit
to
be
____________________
of
their
sins
and
to
be
cured
of
their
illnesses
.
It
is
believed
that
spring
water
from
the
grotto
can
heal
people
if
they
are
sick
.
Millions
of
visitors
come
to
Lourdes
each
year
in
the
____________________
of
being
cured
.
The
International
Medical
Committee
of
Lourdes
began
in
1947
and
passes
judgement
on
whether
or
not
any
of
the
healings
that
take
place
in
Lourdes
are
miracles
.
By
2015
,
69
cases
had
been
____________________
as
miracles
by
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
.
The
opportunity
to
focus
closely
on
their
____________________
helps
pilgrims
feel
secure
in
the
knowledge
that
God
will
look
after
them
,
____________________
them
for
their
sins
and
even
cure
them
of
their
____________________
.
