Morgan Sharpe’s personal interpretation of the history of the Holy Rosary, and meditations on the Joyful Mysteries.
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Listen back to the Story of St. Bernadette of Lourdes presented by Morgan Sharpe with special guest Dr. Michael Moran (International Medical Committee of Lourdes) which was aired on Radio Maria Ireland, Friday 16th April 2021.
00:00 – 26:10 Morgan Sharpe on the history of Saint Bernadette
26:11 – 55:18 Morgan Sharpe interviews Dr. Michael Moran
On 11th February 2021 (The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes), Radio Maria Ireland (RMI) kindly allowed me to bring a bit of Lourdes to Ireland.
Fr. Eamonn Mc Carthy, Priest Director of RMI, and I, introduced two special guests, namely:
David Carrigy and Jennifer Lenehan, both of whom have given many years loyal service in Lourdes.
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It was in the year 2014 when I travelled to Annascaul, Co Kerry to attend the “wake” and funeral of my brother in- law. Annascual is a picturesque little village situated between Tralee and Dingle on the Dingle Peninsula itself.
As is usual with these “Housewakes” the neighbours sit around sipping tea or sometimes something stronger if available and talk about the corpse lying in the coffin. As time passes this small talk dries up and a silence descends on the mourners.
This is exactly what happened in my case, so I escaped to the back yard.
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Lourdes, a small town in the South of France was privileged to have our Lady appear there 18 times between the nth of February and the 8th of ,July in 1858, to a poor, uneducated and sickly young girl, whose name is now known around the world: Bernadette Soubirous.
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Morgan Sharpe discusses apparition numbers thirteen to eighteen at Lourdes with Fr. Eamonn McCarthy on Radio Maria Ireland. Dated: 2018 – 09 – 24
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Morgan Sharpe discusses the first twelve of eighteen apparitions at Lourdes with Fr. Eamonn McCarthy on Radio Maria Ireland. Dated: 2018-09-24
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Morgan Sharpe discusses the Life and Times of Saint Bernadette Soubirous with Fr. Eamonn McCarthy on Radio Maria Ireland. Dated: 2018-09-24
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Morgan Sharpe’s conversion story in Lourdes, as told to Fr. Eamonn McCarthy at Radio Maria Ireland on Wednesday 7th March 2018.
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