Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes – Based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 Black Frame but this seemed to emphasize

but this seemed to emphasize her beauty all the more

“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray

the local clergy and the civil authorities all pushed back against her reports of the visions

May it be so

Lucia had asked her name

Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes – Based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):11x14 Black Frame but this seemed to emphasizeBernadette Soubirous (1844 1879) was a young French peasant girl who in 1858 had visions of a beautiful lady. When asked for her name, she said "I am the Immaculate Conception." This phrase was a matter of arcane theological import at the time about the Virgin Mary, not something a barely educated peasant girl would have known. If you don't know Bernadette's story, it is a wonderful one, and she's a wonderful Saint. This print is based on a holy card