Visit to Lourdes in Litchfield

Last weekend a Saturday visit to a fall festival brought the opportunity for a providential visit to Lourdes in Litchfield, Connecticut. This Shrine in the rural area of Connecticut is run by the Montfort Fathers. Recently, Fr. Considine, one of the Montfort Fathers at the Shrine came to West Hartford to record one of the days of the 33 Day Consecration being led in the Archdiocese of Hartford. He extended an invitation to come to the Shrine. Yet who could imagine that only a few weeks later we would drive right past the entrance of the Shrine. This brought the unexpected opportunity to visit this lovely oasis. 

In a special way I prayed for all the members of the Children's Rosary at the Shrine.  There is a lovely outdoor Stations of the Cross at the Shrine. 

We made a visit to the Grotto Bookshop and found some of the Children's Rosary materials and the new Consecration book all available to purchase.

This post is just a little note to say thank you to all who are part of the Children's Rosary and please know you are in my prayers. 

Many blessings to all the members of the Children's Rosary.

Your Friend in Christ,

Blythe

Flowers for Our Lady of Lourdes

Today the children held a Children's Rosary at St. Peter Claver Church.  We brought yellow roses to place before Our Lady at the end of each decade.  One of the children took this picture of the flowers we brought to give Our Lady at the end of the Rosary. These roses like our prayers we give with love to our Heavenly Mother. It brings us joy to imagine her gaze falling upon us as we pray a prayer she herself gave us: the Holy Rosary.  Many Children's Rosary groups met today across the globe.  Over 13 Children's Rosary groups were scheduled to meet on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Two of those meetings have yet to occur.  You still have time to join the children in prayer. A schedule of the meetings in your local time zone can be found at  www.childrensrosary.org
You can click the join in prayer button and see your gold light added to the light of the children meeting in prayer on our View from Heaven map.

Today also has some additional significance for the Children's Rosary.  It is the two year anniversary since we released our theme song video "Rosary Children".  We thought you might like to see a video we received of a new Children's Rosary group singing the theme song in the Philippines. See the video HERE.

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Lourdes Devasted by Flooding

Devastation in Lourdes June 20, 2013
PASCAL PAVANI/AFP

This week southwest France experienced severe flooding.  Lourdes was not spared with the Pau River bursting its banks.  The underground basilica was filled with dirty water and now is covered in mud as the river recedes.  A member of the Children's Rosary, who has traveled to Lourdes with her disabled daughter, forwarded me this raw footage of Lourdes taken today.  The title is in French but the video is not.  
footage of devastation in Lourdes

Lourdes June 20th 2013
PASCAL PAVANI/AFP

It is so sad to see the beautiful waters of Lourdes covered in thick dirty mud and even the bags of unconsecrated hosts moldy.  

 A recent rise in temperatures in the Pyrenees after a prolonged cold spell that kept snow on the ground much later than normal is to blame for the devastating flooding.

May I humbly ask those reading this to say a Hail Mary for the people of Lourdes that they may be aided by Our Lady as they rebuild.