Lourdes

branie

Ever been to this famous French shrine? I was there three times and really enjoyed it.

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Was Mary there?

branie

She was - in 1858

burstbuckle

branie wrote: »

Ever been to this famous French shrine? I was there three times and really enjoyed it.

Well done,
I've been to Amsterdam 3 times & bet you it was better

Kintarō Hattori

branie wrote: »

Ever been to this famous French shrine? I was there three times and really enjoyed it.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=526

El Weirdo

branie wrote: »

Ever been to this famous French shrine? I was there three times and really enjoyed it.

Care to elaborate?

Lenin Skynard

Yeah it's a nice place, very busy spot. The lads trying to sell you stuff can be a bit too persistent though. After an hour I realised that you couldn't show any interest in buying anything or even humour them or they'd chase you down the street.

branie

Pilgrims go to the shrine where Our Lady appeared 18 times to a young girl called Bernadette Soubrious (now saint Bernadette), in search of a miracle cure, or piece of mind. The atmosphere there is great

My name is URL

It's no Clonrichert

franktheplank

Imagine naming a town after Madonna's daughter, they must be feckin mad about her over there?

Ghandee

Meh........


Its no knock.

Sky King

A mate of mine went through the Lourdes fountain in his wheelchair and came out with new tyres.

LETHAL LADY

Ballinspittle was the place to go in my day.

syklops

No, I don't like cricket.

cypressg

branie wrote: »

She was - in 1858

or so you've been told anyway

Mr Benevolent

AH I can't be bothered.

Lenin Skynard

syklops wrote: »

No, I don't like cricket.

You love it?

syklops

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

You love it?

What?
No....

MaxSteele

Was gonna go once. But I decided I'd just use the money to go to Las Vegas.

MisterEpicurus

When I went there Mary was wet.

WoollyRedHat

Ghandee wrote: »

Meh........


Its no knock.

admiralofthefleet

the cult of evil's second home

Wattle

They dunked me in a freezing cold bath. Not going there again.

Senna

Its meant to be a great place for healing, every year on the plane back there's less wheelchairs than there was on the way out.

some of them die

senorwipesalot

Go there lads,tis a great pick-up joint for oulwans.

Tropheus

My father-in-law went there healthy about 10 years ago and came back with pleurisy. Maybe that's the way it works, someone else went there with pleurisy and came back healthy.

Hurricane Carter

burstbuckle wrote: »

Well done,
I've been to Amsterdam 3 times & bet you it was better

Awe. Is Amsterdam the best you can do?!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Never been, I've known many people who have. I'd never deride or joke about their decision to go, it's not my place to say anything, I respect their religious belief.

burstbuckle

Hurricane Carter wrote: »

Awe. Is Amsterdam the best you can do?!

No actually rio or Uruguay was way better,actually don't like Amsterdam it's just a place most people can relate to

nice_very

branie wrote: »

Ever been to this famous French shrine? I was there three times and really enjoyed it.

did you get yer hole?

Pimlico

I'm not in the slightest bit religious, however, I fund-raise and volunteer with CF Ireland as Cystic Fibrosis affects my family. The last three years I've gone to Lourdes as a volunteer helping those that need help and I have to say, I wouldnt miss it for the world.

I don't go for the Religious aspect but the helping people out and the social aspect of it, I hit more pubs in one week in Lourdes than my annual pilgrimage to my real mecca that is Ibiza!!..Genuinely!

Before I went to Lourdes, I was one of those people whom judged it and those whom visited it, Having went with a group I love it. I may not strictly believe it but if any kind of belief makes someone with a terminal illness have another days hope, who am I to disagree.

Czarcasm

Wattle wrote: »

They dunked me in a freezing cold bath. Not going there again.

My father and two of my brothers went over there as part of a group with CF Ireland about 17 years ago and they told us about this when they came back, that apparently two men would grab you up and whip the towel off you and lob you into the bath! I didn't believe a word of it and hadn't thought about it in years but when I saw your post there I had to google-

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110202155227AA33Twb

Thousands of people, of all ages, go to the baths each year. And the volunteers there do everything they can to maintain the modesty of each person. No-one, apart from the two people who will help you into the bath, will see you naked. The two volunteers are not interested in looking at you, their job is to get you into the bath, and quickly and safely immerse you.

You will go into a cubicle, undress, put a towel around your waist. The volunteers will then lead you to the bath, ask if you wish to pray - you can kiss a statue of the Virgin - then you step into the bath, the towel is quickly removed, you are immersed in the water, pulled out and as you come out the towel is wrapped around you again. You then dress and leave. No-one will watch you undress and no-one is interested in how you look!

Ohh that has me in stitches, that's just pure weird! :pac:

Onesimus

Branie it was wrong of you to put this post in AH where you know it is going to be torn to pieces and it offends the Lord.

Matthew:7:6 'Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.

I can understand spreading the faith Branie, but not here where you know that it will just simply be trampled under and lead others into sin.

LivelineDipso

I had to go there after a witch turned me into newt.

Rasheed

Yeah, was there twice. Lovely feeling down round the grotto, but the rest is fierce commercial.

The drinking does be serious in it though, means a very expensive few days.

And you don't be naked in the baths, well not the women's ones anyway!

newmug

Onesimus wrote: »

Branie it was wrong of you to put this post in AH where you know it is going to be torn to pieces and it offends the Lord.

Matthew:7:6 'Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.

I can understand spreading the faith Branie, but not here where you know that it will just simply be trampled under and lead others into sin.

Hmmmm. I dont know if I agree with you or not. Lambs must walk among wolves and all that. If even one person takes a bit of notice and saves their soul, wouldn't it have been worth it?

Onesimus

newmug wrote: »

Hmmmm. I dont know if I agree with you or not. Lambs must walk among wolves and all that. If even one person takes a bit of notice and saves their soul, wouldn't it have been worth it?

I understand but the Churches official interpretation is that the passage I qouted is about one parading their beliefs to those who don't understand them and who basically don't care.

there is a time and a place for everything, and trying to convert the heathen on AH is actually pointless to be honest and it just puts the faith out there for people to have a go and you and branie know this. But somehow you enjoy getting a kick out of people retorting with disgusting comments towards your faith. Thats the way I see it.

SERGEANT.

Lots of vulnerable, weak children milling about Lourdes.

Are you a paedophile OP?

Mod

Troll account banned.

BrensBenz

Isn't it a bit puzzling that Lourdes and most / all other apparitions are Catholic only affairs? I suppose that auto suggestion, self hypnosis, mischievous ETs could all be argued but.....dunn dunn duuuunnnnnn.....they look to me like clear cases of religious discrimination by Jesus's Mammy. Like an Ard Fheis really, preaching to the converted. For an all-powerful deity, it would be possible and much more useful to appear in, say, Canterbury, or Tel Aviv, or Amish country, or......Mecca. Now, I'd put up with the hawkers to see that!

branie

SERGEANT. wrote: »

Lots of vulnerable, weak children milling about Lourdes.

Are you a paedophile OP?

No!

SERGEANT.

Hmmm... that's what they all say.

Cienciano

You've a much better chance getting injured/killed travelling there than you have of getting "healed".

bnt

BrensBenz wrote: »

Isn't it a bit puzzling that Lourdes and most / all other apparitions are Catholic only affairs?

Muslims have their apparitions too, but the people in them look like Muslims. It's only puzzling if you are (a) a believer and (b) ignorant of human neuropathology.

Oh, and don't drink the water, not without boiling it first. Sick people are flying in to dip bits of themselves in it, and you don't want what they've got. Wear a face mask on the plane, too. :eek:

Calibos

Mr T sums up my opinion on the poor unfortunates that go to Lourdes.

Shenshen

No, but my grandparents used to drag me to Altoetting in Bavaria once a year. As a kid, I found it a fun place as there are lots of shops and booths selling seriously weird stuff, highly entertaining.

These days, I wouldn't bother much.

But, you know, whatever floats your boat.
And after all, it does create jobs for a lot of poeple, so it's probably not all bad.

wp_rathead

Onesimus wrote: »

Branie it was wrong of you to put this post in AH where you know it is going to be torn to pieces and it offends the Lord.

Matthew:7:6 'Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.

I can understand spreading the faith Branie, but not here where you know that it will just simply be trampled under and lead others into sin.

Bit harsh

Shenshen

wprathead wrote: »

Bit harsh

Ah, don't.
Let them argue among each other, it makes for good reading.

seven_eleven

I have no interest in religion, and do not regard myself as catholic, or anything (including athiest), but I do plan to go to lourdes to work with a community nursing programme where we care for the elderly from the airport to lourdes and back. It ends up costing me money, but its all experience and shows dedication at the end of the day. I enjoy helping people too.

Collie D

Pimlico wrote: »

I'm not in the slightest bit religious, however, I fund-raise and volunteer with CF Ireland as Cystic Fibrosis affects my family. The last three years I've gone to Lourdes as a volunteer helping those that need help and I have to say, I wouldnt miss it for the world.

I don't go for the Religious aspect but the helping people out and the social aspect of it, I hit more pubs in one week in Lourdes than my annual pilgrimage to my real mecca that is Ibiza!!..Genuinely!

Before I went to Lourdes, I was one of those people whom judged it and those whom visited it, Having went with a group I love it. I may not strictly believe it but if any kind of belief makes someone with a terminal illness have another days hope, who am I to disagree.

Same as yourself. No belief or interest in religion whatsoever but volunteered over there for three years. Completely agree with everything you say in this post. Conicidentally, as somebody mentioned Amsterdam, the first time I went to Lourdes was a day or two after a trip to Amsterdam. Don't think I cleansed the soul though.

If sick or elderly people want to believe it who am I to knock their beliefs?

It's a lovely town by the way, the river and the Pyrenees are beautiful. Certain places a bit tacky and touristy. Some of the crap in the shops would make Carroll's look like Brown Thomas.

Lapin

SERGEANT. wrote: »

Lots of vulnerable, weak children milling about Lourdes.

Are you a paedophile OP?

That post says more about your train of thought than anything written here by the OP.

SERGEANT.

I couldn't give a flying fcuk what you think to be honest. Have a good day.