Marian devotion
The woman who lost the ring in Lourdes
Lourdes, France
A woman lost her wedding ring on the Gave River and found it in the Grotto spring.
Main data
Sanctuary: Lourdes, France
Type: Devotional anecdote
A French woman was wearing a wedding ring that her husband, already dead, had given her. He lost it on the Gave River when it was washed in Lourdes. She was heartbroken. A few days later, he went to the grotto pray and saw something shine in the spring. It was his ring. The woman said the Virgin had returned it to her.
«La Virgen cuida even las cosas más pequeñas que amamos.»
A flower for the Virgin
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