Some Photos with Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto

I have just realized lately that I have so many photos with Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto. Everytime I see a nice grotto of Her, I will take a photo of it. I know I have more photos but these are only a few of what I found in my photo albums and online albums.

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Boracay

Lourdes Grotto, Baguio City
About 252 steps lead to this shrine where pilgrims brave the steep climb to offer sacrifices, devotion and  prayers.

Lourdes Grotto, Baguio City

Lourdes Grotto, Baguio City

One is rewarded with a panoramic view of the city... this is the Summer Capital of the Philippines as it's cold here.

Lourdes Grotto at Dhio Endheka Spring Resort, Tabaco City

Lourdes Grotto at Dhio Endheka Spring Resort, Tabaco City
I love the waterfalls here.

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. Jude Church, Bacacay, Albay

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. John the Baptist Church, Tabaco City

Lourdes Grotto at St. Anthony de Padua Church, Tabaco City

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. John the Baptist Church, Tabaco City
Mama Mary's Birthday

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. John the Baptist Church
Tabaco City
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11

Lourdes Grotto at Saint Mary of the Angels Church
Cardiff, UK

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. John the Baptist Church
Tabaco City
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11

Our Very Own Little Grotto in our garden

I offered this to Our Lady for her feast

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The Grotto

To the west of Lourdes, beyond the river Gave, is an old rock promontory, jutting up from the ground. This rock was known locally as the 'Big Rock', or Massabieille as it is called in the local patois. In those days, it was a dark and deserted place, always quiet and used as the local dumping ground. The path to Massabieille was a winding one, going from Rue de Baous (now Rue de la Grotte) toward the Gave, across the Pont Vieux and passing the field which belonged to Monsieur.

Photograph Of Bernadette Taken At The Grotto

1862 - Three Years After Apparitions

The huge old rock has an excavation at its base, eight metres deep and twelve across. This is the grotto itself. Above it, and a little to the right, is another opening, a small niche. There is a small tunnel joining the little niche to the main opening, but this is partly blocked by a marble cube. Beneath the niche, a wild rose bush hangs low down and sweeps across the floor of the grotto.

Trees and bushes surmount the rock, and in front of it rushes the waters of the Gave, combined with the water from the Savy mill. The locals tended to avoid the place, due to its quiet desolation and wild appearance. Bernadette knew the place existed, but she had never been there in all her life.

Neither did she have any plans to visit it, but, she did, and when she did, the first Apparition took place.