“The distressed and wounded who need consolation and reparation must hold first place in Lourdes. This is the distinct grace of this sanctuary.”
The single-day, 40-mile procession on water honored both the 250th anniversary of American Independence and the 261st anniversary of Catholicism in the region.
“We need to pray and to explain to our brothers and sisters that we need to keep our hope. And our hope is Jesus, not this life.”
