{"id":1310,"date":"2019-07-16T07:40:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T11:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:27:20","slug":"153-lourdes-revisted-starting-point-for-le-grand-aime-de-marie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"153- Lourdes revisted; starting point for &#8220;Le Grand AIME de Marie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10513127\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the spirit of the \u201cLe Grand AIME de Marie\u201d tour where cyclists \u201cRide the M\u201d for the Virgin Mary thru France from mid-July to mid August, I re-visit \u201cOur Lady of Lourdes\u201d from my book <em>Constant Procession<\/em> to locate where their cycling tour started from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050259-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Vista that shows the Santurary as it sits above the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050259-copy.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050259-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050259-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050259-copy-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050259-copy-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Vista- Notice the Santurary was built above where statue of Mary is, which is the spot where the Virgin appeared to Bernadette. Also to the left in distance is where the village is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050303.jpg\" alt=\"This is a photo Looking at the very bottom-middle of this photo where it can be seenyou can see how the Basilica is built over the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared. (notice the stack of candles.\" class=\"wp-image-612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050303.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050303-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050303-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050303-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050303-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Looking at the very bottom-middle of this photo you can see how the Basilica is built over the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared. (notice the stack of candles..and compare with other photo provided here.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050250-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the Grotto, with the statue of the Virgin Mary. This is the spot where Bernadette and the Virgin met.\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050250-copy-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050250-copy-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050250-copy-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050250-copy-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1050250-copy-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Close up of the Grotto, with the statue of the Virgin Mary. This is the spot where Bernadette and the Virgin met.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=607\">For photos and a longer version about &#8220;Our Lady of Lourdes&#8221; check out Installment 102<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-M-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Map of 2019 tour route with all stops\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-M-tour.jpg 623w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-M-tour-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Map of 2019 tour route with all stops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of the \u201cLe Grand AIME de Marie\u201d tour where cyclists \u201cRide the M\u201d for the Virgin Mary thru France from mid-July to mid August, I re-visit \u201cOur Lady of Lourdes\u201d from my book Constant Procession to locate where their cycling tour started from. For photos and a longer version about &#8220;Our Lady &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1310\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;153- Lourdes revisted; starting point for &#8220;Le Grand AIME de Marie&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}