Our Lady of Lourdes: 18 Apparitions, St. Bernadette & Immaculate Conception Explained (11 February)

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On February 11, 1858, Our Lady appeared to a poor 14-year-old peasant girl in Lourdes, France. Over the course of 18 apparitions, heaven confirmed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, revealed a miraculous healing spring, and gave the Church one of the most powerful Marian devotions in history. In this sermon for the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, we examine: • The life of St. Bernadette Soubirous • The 18 apparitions from February 11 to July 16 • “I Am the Immaculate Conception” — Heaven ratifies papal teaching • The healing waters of Lourdes and 70 medically inexplicable miracles • Why Bernadette was never healed • The real danger St. Bernadette feared: bad Catholics • The connection between original sin and sickness • Why humility is the key to sanctity Four years after Pope Pius IX declared the Immaculate Conception a dogma (Ineffabilis Deus, 1854), Our Lady confirmed it herself in Lourdes. This was heaven’s affirmation of the Magisterium and a powerful moment in Church history before Vatican I defined papal infallibility in 1870. But Lourdes is not primarily about physical healing. It is about healing from sin. St. Bernadette reminds us that God does not choose the extraordinary — He chooses the humble. As she said: “The Blessed Virgin used me as a broom to remove the dust. When the work is done, the broom is put back behind the door.” Today, Lourdes receives over five million pilgrims per year. Yet the greatest miracle is not the spring — it is sanctity. Let us ask Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St. Bernadette for healing of the soul, perseverance in suffering, and the humility to recognize that without God, we are nothing. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 00:00 – Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes 00:21 – The First Apparition (February 11, 1858) 01:16 – 18 Apparitions Explained 02:26 – The Rosary & Bernadette’s Fear 03:49 – “I Cannot Promise You Happiness in This Life” 04:31 – The Miracle of the Spring 06:16 – “I Am the Immaculate Conception” 06:50 – What the Immaculate Conception Actually Means 08:07 – Heaven Confirms the Papacy 09:17 – 70 Medically Verified Miracles at Lourdes 10:42 – St. Bernadette Enters Religious Life 11:16 – “The Blessed Virgin Used Me as a Broom” 12:42 – “I Fear Only Bad Catholics” 15:16 – Bernadette’s Suffering & Death 15:42 – Why the Healing Spring? 16:28 – Original Sin Is the Source of All Sickness 16:50 – Physician, Heal Thyself 17:24 – Final Exhortation & Blessing https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/february/february-11-our-lady-of-lourdes/ http://catholicsaints.mobi/calendar/11-february.htm Please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 4. Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 ▶️ 5. My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ ▶️ 6. LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 7. ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 8. UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium ▶️ 9. BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium ▶️ 10. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 11. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 12. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 13. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium ▶️ 14. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #OurLadyOfLourdes #SaintBernadette #ImmaculateConception #CatholicFaith #TraditionalCatholic #MarianApparition #LourdesMiracles #LatinMass #CatholicSermon #ChurchHistory