St. Bernadette with Our Lady of Lourdes Holy Card – Novena on Back – pack of 10/100/1000 – Restored Vintage Holy Card #068

Holy Card
-- 4.25x2.75"
-- Sturdy 14 Point Cardstock
-- Matte finish both sides

Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879) was a young French peasant girl who in 1858 had visions of a beautiful lady. When she asked for her name, the lady said "I am the Immaculate Conception." This phrase was a matter of arcane theological import at the time about the Virgin Mary, not something a barely educated peasant girl would have known. If you don't know Bernadette's story, it is a wonderful one, and she's a wonderful Saint.

This is a restoration of a holy card from Louis Turgis & Co., one of the premier holy card makes of that time. We're guessing it was made in 1888 or maybe 1898, as that would have been the 30th or 40th anniversary of the visions, and this ink-rich style of lithography was still the main way of making cards like this in those years.

We have included a Novena on the back that is prayed widely in the Catholic Church.

It's one of our favorites, a real beauty. It took us days to restore it to its original beauty. Sue had to get in and do a lot of digital painterly work with the colors, and I had to fix the damage, aging, and printing flaws.

As with this and all of our images, you may have a custom holy card made with a personalized back printed for you. See this listing for details: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1019181226/custom-holy-cards

We also offer art prints of this image at:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1461656885/bernadette-and-our-lady-of-lourdes-based

Thank you for your interest.

Sue and John

Ever Immaculate Virgin Mother of Mercy, Health of

the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted,

you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings; look

with mercy on me. By appearing in the Grotto of

Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged

sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors; and

already many sufferers have obtained the cure for

their infirmities.

I come, therefore, with complete confidence

to implore your maternal intercession. Obtain,

O loving Mother, the grant of my requests: [state

your intentions] Through gratitude for your favors,

I will endeavor to imitate your virtues,

that I may one day share your glory. Amen.

 (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be…)

A novena is a prayer done 9 times, such as 9 days in a row.
St Bernadette saw the Blessed Mother in 1858, and ever since then, many people have been healed by Our Lady. Louis Turgis of Paris made this card a few decades later.

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