{"id":5430,"date":"2026-08-04T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:57:56","slug":"520-the-constant-procession-part-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=5430","title":{"rendered":"520- The Constant Procession- Part 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42307830\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/4783b6\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\/stats-code\/Schedule2631\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong><em>This tenth installment digs into my discovery of the approved apparitions of The Madonna.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Chapter 18 tells of when the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in the year 1858.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>These were years of heady times in France when the intellect and behavior of humanity was valued above those of the Holy Trinity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><em>This apparition is the famous Our Lady of Lourdes<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>The next chapter relays the Virgin&#8217;s unheeded words when she appears in Hrushi, Ukraine, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>This was an effort to warn us to find ways to prevent a world of war.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>The apparition occured just before the start of WWI . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:82px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:35px\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong> <strong><em> <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">Nikos<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Steves@gmail.co<\/a><a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">m<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=5247\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=3797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beginning podcast of my first book: 512-<em>The Constant Procession: Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:26px\"><em><strong><strong>Pray for the Pe<\/strong>ople of the Ukraine, there are way to support them below<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>and Pray for the situation in Iran to be resolved soon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260-1400x788.jpg\" alt=\"A vista showing one stand of candles at the &quot;Chapel of Light&quot; location that is across the river from the Basilica at the Lourdes, France apparition site.\" class=\"wp-image-3842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>After my wife Rita (RIP 5.13.23) and I experience the Baths, we found ourselves sitting on a bench at the &#8216;Chapels of Light&#8217; area across the river from the Basilica. <\/em>(Photo taken May, 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" data-id=\"3841\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261-1400x788.jpg\" alt=\"My wife, Rita (RIP 5\/13\/23) standing next to one of the many candle stands near the &quot;Chapel of Light&quot; at the Lourdes apparition site.\" class=\"wp-image-3841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050261.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>There are candles everywhere at this chapel area. It was a most remarkable experience.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My wife Rita (RIP 5.13.23, photo taken May, 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262-1400x788.jpg\" alt=\"A few candles at the &quot;Chapel of Light&quot; at the Lourdes, France apparition site.\" class=\"wp-image-3843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P1050262.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To experience &#8220;the Baths&#8221; at this apparition site in Lourdes is intense, highly personal but and at the same time extremely humbling. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy-1400x1050.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the men's queue at the Baths at the Lourdes Apparition site.\" class=\"wp-image-3852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2151-copy.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo of the men&#8217;s queue at &#8220;the Baths&#8221; at the Lourdes Apparition site. On the day we were there the wait at the men&#8217;s section was about 45 minutes. The man blacked out was in the queue ahead of me. When his turn came up, he just exited without going in to take his turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:71px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>We had the privilege of spending several days at the Lourdes apparition site with Michael O&#8217;Neill,  &#8216;The Miracle Hunter.&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nBPMnW1iDB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=3235\">Michael O&#8217;Neill on Lourdes<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMichael O\u2019Neill on Lourdes\u201d \u2014 Constant Procession\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=3235&amp;embed=true#?secret=9El58OiTrc#?secret=nBPMnW1iDB\" data-secret=\"nBPMnW1iDB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Michael-ONeill.png\" alt=\"The Miracle Hunter, Michael O'Neill at Lourdes\" class=\"wp-image-3237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Michael-ONeill.png 1280w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Michael-ONeill-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Michael-ONeill-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Michael-ONeill-1200x663.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Behind Michael, across the river is where &#8220;the Baths&#8221; can be found. In front of him is the area where the &#8216;Chapels of Light&#8217; can be found.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignnone size-medium wp-image-610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050252-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of The spot in the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared\" class=\"wp-image-610\" style=\"width:704px;height:397px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050252-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050252-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050252-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050252-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050252.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The spot in the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignnone size-medium wp-image-609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2145-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of A Lourdes Candlight Procession\" class=\"wp-image-609\" style=\"width:778px;height:583px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2145-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2145-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2145-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2145-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lourdes nightly candlelight procession where a Rosary is offered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignnone size-medium wp-image-611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050278-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a long, long line of people. The candlelight processions start at dusk and are a very personal time, though you are with so many other seekers.\" class=\"wp-image-611\" style=\"width:775px;height:437px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050278-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050278-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050278-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050278-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1050278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The candlelight processions start at dusk and for me was a very personal time, even though you are with so many others at the site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong><em>For more information about the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in this podcast:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/medjugorje-youth-festival-participants-receive-message-from-pope-leo-xiv\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/resource\/55431\/our-lady-of-lourdes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Lady of Lourdes, CNA- Catholic New Agency.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/as-war-rages-some-ukrainians-look-to-mary-for-protection-continuing-a-long-christian-tradition-178394\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/as-war-rages-some-ukrainians-look-to-mary-for-protection-continuing-a-long-christian-tradition-178394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Queen of Ukraine- The Conversation.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:66px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong><em>My new book is in the final stages of editing! 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Chapter 18 tells of when the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in the year 1858. These were years of heady times in France when the intellect and behavior of humanity was valued above those of the Holy Trinity. 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