On My Journey, Here Is A Special Place Where I Would Find Peace: Our Lady Of Lourdes Shrine In Euclid Ohio

I shared before about me going to The Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine. I knew to go here today 4/15/2022 on Good Friday. I made it here just in time to visit the gift shop because they closed today @ noon, being Good Friday. No familiar nun working in the gift shop today that I recognized from before. They are most helpful here. I wanted to purchase the Holy Spirit card I prayed many times. It is not a Catholic prayer it is a prayer to Him. I used to have it memorized. Many families were here today walking the outdoor stations of the cross doing them together as "families."

I composed a portion of this right there in the parking lot. I took a few pictures and short video clips of the sights and sounds of where I would go to find peace. When you see the pictures of the angels by the tomb area notice the cracks where the hands are. When I used to go here, I always felt bad that the cracks were there. When my son was a little boy, he would tell me they were not statues, but real angels were there. I believed him. There was a day when I was holding him, and I remember telling Jesus I give this child to you.

I saw another familiar face today that remembered me @ the Slovenian bakery. They did not have 1/2 loaves of poppyseed potica just a whole loaf. My daughter said she would buy it for her Nana. I get there and they are out of the poppyseed and asked if I wanted to come back tomorrow morning, they were baking more. Then the owner comes out and offered to me, here buy this one they are not coming in to get theirs until tomorrow and she will replace it with one they are baking now. God is good and faithful. Holy Spirit said today was the day to go to the shrine, so I went. Imagine that. See, you can place offerings @ places other than church you do know that right. The nun was so kind in assisting me. I gave her a 5.00 bill and told her to get something for her. She accepted it.

There is water when it is running that flows over a stone from Lourdes, France and people bring containers to fill them up with the water. There have been healings @ this little shrine. The stream doesn't flow again until May 1st, but they keep a container of the water in the gift shop. I felt led to get a small bottle for the Catholic women I know will appreciate it, my mother and former mother-in-law. My purse tipped over the overflow dish and spilled some water on the ground. I went and asked the nuns if they had paper towels for me to wipe up the water. Sister would not let me wipe it up she said she would wipe up the water. Kindness truly does not cost you anything but your time. Bless someone today ok.

Since last here they renovated the restroom area which is next to St. Ann's Dining Room. Very lovely updates from the days when they were not updated.