Marian devotion
The woman who found a rose in the grotto
Lourdes, France
A woman found a white rose in the grotto where there were no rosals.
Main data
Sanctuary: Lourdes, France
Type: Devotional anecdote
A woman from Madrid went to Lourdes to ask for her sick husband. He prayed for hours in the grotto. When he got up to leave, he saw a white rose in a crack of the rock. There were no rosals nearby. The woman took the rose and took it to her husband. The husband was cured. The rose is kept dry in a relic.
«La Virgen dejó una rosa como señal de que había escuchado mi oración.»
A flower for the Virgin
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