St. Bernadette Research Paper

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A Saint is a person of great holiness and virtue which was exactly who Saint Bernadette de lourdes was. her full name is Marie-Bernadette Soubirous and she was born in Lourdes, France on January 7th, 1879 and lived until the age of 35. Saint Bernadette was the eldest of six children of a rather poor family but despite the harsh living conditions that surrounded Bernadette her faith remained strong for she kept in mind that her sufferings were nothing compared to what our Lord Jesus Christ had to do for us, “Why must we suffer? Because here below pure love cannot exist without suffering. O Jesus, Jesus I no longer feel my cross when I think of yours”. St. Bernadette was known as the Lady of great faith for her admiration of the Blessed Virgin Mary was astonishing, for she had been receiving several vision of our blessed mother. …show more content…

She began to spread her experience amongst others and many were in denial and others were amazed inspired to follow the way of the Lord. Following her visions St.Bernadette attended a school titled The sisters of notre dame, she did this in the year of 1866, 8 years after the time period of her visions. During her time in the Sisters of notre dame, Bernadette experienced a few hardships but she refused to let that become her downfall, she continued to aspire with her strong faith. After her schooling, the Saint reached out to a local priest a requested for a chapel to be built at the site of where she used to receive her visions. A chapel was eventually built at that exact location and that site is now one of the most visited sites in the world. Approximately 5 million people visit the chapel from all around the world every year which shows Bernadette's powerful and positive impact on the

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