![]() When the Emperor’s infant son is cured of a cold by water from Lourdes, the Empress demands the grotto be reopened.įour years later, Peyramale persuades Bernadadette to join the Sisters of Charity of Nevers. ![]() Peyramale asks the Bishop of Tarbes for an episcopal commission to decide if Bernadette is a fraud, insane, or “the rarest of mortal beings.” The Bishop declares that unless the Emperor orders the grotto to be opened, there will be no investigation. Dutour tries to have Bernadette committed, but Peyramale declares it will be “over his dead body.” He takes her to the convent, where Sister Vauzou accuses her of deception. The grotto is fenced off, ostensibly to test the water. Peyramale warns her that she is playing with fire. On Bernadette’s last visit to the grotto, the lady finally identifies herself as " The Immaculate Conception." Bernadette does not understand. Dozous cannot explain the undeniable physical transformation. She runs with him to the spring, saying “Take him Lord or give him back to me.” The baby cries-and moves. The crowd disperses, but Antoine and Bouriette call them back water pours from the hole.Ĭroisine's child dies. Bernadette digs a hole in the ground and smears her face. No roses appear, but the lady tells Bernadette to wash at a nonexistent spring. He asks the lady for a “little miracle”: Make the wild rosebush bloom, in February. Bernadette faces threatening interrogation by Dutour and Jacomet, but confounds them with her simplicity.īernadette brings a message for the dean: Chapels are to be built, and processions are to come to Massabielle. Abbé Dominique Peyramale refuses to get involved. “All France will be laughing at us,” the mayor says to the Imperial Prosecutor. ![]() When the story spreads all over Lourdes, Bernadette's aunt Bernarde tells Bernadette's parents to stand up for their daughter and go with her to the grotto. Neighbor Croisine and her husband appear with food to share their gratitude for Bernadette's mother Louise caring for their sick baby and for Soubirous' new job. Her friends promise to keep what they saw a secret, but Marie tells their mother when they return home. Distracted by a strange breeze and a change in the light, Bernadette investigates and sees a beautiful lady. Later that afternoon, while fetching firewood with her sister Marie and friend Jeanne, Bernadette is left behind in the Massabielle grotto. ![]() At her Catholic school, Sister Vauzou shames Bernadette for falling behind in her studies because of her asthma. Fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous lives in poverty with her family in Lourdes. ![]()
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