Miracle at Lourdes

An Irish Catholic woman, because of poor health traveled to France in order to visit the famous shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes.The spring water there is renowned for its healing powers.

The woman became very tired during the long wait at the grotto for the blessing of the sick to begin. And since there happened to be an empty wheelcchair among the crowd of pilgrims she sat down in it for a rest As a priest finally approached to give the healing blessing,the woman stood up from the chair to meet him.And immediately when people saw her rising they started to claim that it was a miracle. Crowds gathered around her and they started to push and shovewanting to touch her.in all this commotion the woman fell and broke her leg.So the poor woman came home from Lourdes with a broken leg.