Hi! It's been a long time since any work was done on this blog. For lost of reasons it just fell to the side of priorities, but now we're gonna give it one more try!!
Please....please....please...consider writing your thoughts, experiences and memories of the Shrine. Any little idea or reflection helps us spread the word about the Shrine and how important it is to each one who comes here and to the Church in northwestern Connecticut. If you have someone you want prayed for, send us that name, too, and we'll make sure he or she is added to our prayer list. Our Shrine is a church without walls and the internet provides us an ever expanding world in which we can share the Good News and tell others about who we are. We will try to post writings for reflection that may help us all pray "at the shrine" even though we may be far away.
About the Shrine
- Lourdes in Litchfield
- Litchfield, CT, United States
- The Montfort Missionaries built the Shrine in 1958 as a place of quiet prayer and reflection. For 50 years the Shrine and Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes has welcomed visitors from all corners of the world. Come and let the love of God in Jesus Christ touch you, heal you and send you into the world with the strength of the Good News.
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Having a beautiful place for prayer like the Shrine is a real gift, but I remember when I didn't feel that way. I will make a confession: as a younger person I found it very kitschy and I remember taking friends to the shrine to make fun of it--"Jesus on a ski slope." I am very embarrassed about that now. But that isn't all. My life is totally transformed now. I lost my way in my early twenties and I was mad at the church. I didn't know how to find the beauty or the love, and I am so thankful I rediscovered it. When I come to the shrine now it is a sanctuary to me, a place of love, solace, closeness to Jesus. One day I just stopped in there after something very awful had happened. It was the first time I came with the idea that I might pray. It changed my life and opened my heart. Thank you for being there, for having an open door even when sometimes people come with closed hearts like I did.
Bill,
I am glad that you found an open door here. Hopefully it will lead to greater peace and knowledge of how close you have always been to God.
Jesus on a ski slope isn't that bad an idea! ;) Even Jesus went to relax and take time to have fun with his friends. But he always had time for God, too. That's where we can all learn from him.
Come again and invite others to come and see how close they are to God. That's the Mystery of Lourdes in LItchfield.
Fr Jim
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