"...the miracles began. A blind man who washed his eyes in the spring water regained his sight. A mother, neighbor of the Soubirouses dipped her dying child in the waters, and the child not only lived but became well and robust for the first time. People began to bring their sick from all over the land. It was reported that the song of the Emperor Napoleon III had been cured by the application of the Lourdes water."
Ruth Cranston, The Miracle of Lourdes , 1955, Image Books.

Lourdes is a place where people are miraculously cured. Officially there are 67 miracles declared. There are hundreds more that need further studies. Most people who have been cured prefer not to undergo the extensive documentations. But many come back to give thanks and in turn they show gratitude by helping and doing service in Lourdes.

The healing of the body is not as evident as the healing of the soul. Everyday the physically sick and those who seem well all gather around the Grotto. They turn to each other with an exchange of smiles, exchange of gestures and shared prayer.

Lourdes, therefore, is seen as a place of kindness, tenderness and hearts that are reconciled. Miracles unseen by the eyes are only felt from the heart.

Miracles have taken place hundred or thousands of miles away. They happned, not just once or twice, but many times. They occured in different parts of the world, even right here in America. Accounts of such cures fill a substantial portion of the Bureau of Medical Records in Lourdes.