Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady Of Lourdes and our Thought For Today picks up on this below

Thought on Monday – February – 11/02/2013

‘It’s your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.’ ~Anthony Robbins

Today is the feast of Our Lady Of Lourdes. Lourdes draws thousands of pilgrims each week from all over the world particularly from Easter to September. Like many places it has had to adapt to the recession. With less spending money the number of pilgrims has dropped, leaving a shortfall in the running of the shrine. With severe floods last October in Lourdes, the shrine was under 5 feet of water causing a lot of damage, creating further challenges. But one thing is for sure Lourdes will not close down!

It is a special place that has something special. It is hard to put it into words but anyone who has visited Lourdes will know that the miracle of love works in so many different ways. Love bubbles everywhere in Lourdes. It is contagious, life giving, refreshing and so alive. Today is World Day for sick people and it is a day to make sure that God’s greatest medicine called love gets shared. All of us are instruments of God’s healing love. We pray today for all who are sick and we include doctors, nurses, carers and anyone who needs our prayers on this special day.