Sunday, April 19, 2015
The stained glass in the middle of the church
Interestingly , St Peter and Paul also has a stained glass right in the middle of the church depicting Our Lady of Lourdes. Yes whilst in the publication of the book for the Lady of Lourdes there is but one Lady, the devotion evidently during the second half of 1850s to this special Lady, came from St Bernadette of Lourdes where our Lady appeared. Indeed it was on 11 Feb 1858 that our Lady of Lourdes appeared to St Bernadette revealing herself as the Immaculate Conception, ie that Mary was born without original defilement or sin; She was truly immaculate.
To prove this. miracles took place at Lourdes. A spring of water where she appeared flowed and till this day many pilgrims are healed. It is a place of refuge and comfort and healing, spiritually and physically. This coincides very strongly that perhaps to cater to this very strong devotion our Lady of Lourdes in Ophir Road Singapore was built in 1888 shortly after St Peter and Paul in 1870. It is also because this fact that is why the stained glass in St Peter and Paul right in the middle with prominence was given our Lady of Lourdes. Coupled with this is the strong rosary devotion, undergirded by efforts of Rosary pope Leo XIII which saw the unearthing of broken rosaries under the Cathedral of Good shepherd built in the 1850s.
In this another unbroken rhythm of the Catholic Church life in Singapore, our Lady of Lourdes is still celebrated till this day in the Indoor Stadium. On 6 Dec 2014, the Lourdes Experience was held in Singapore for the third time preceding one law being held in 2004 and 2008. It commemorated the 160th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and the 150th anniversary of the appearance of Our Lady of Lourdes to St Bernadette, conforming church teachings and being a source of joy, comfort and healing to many infirmed.
It is remarkable that St Peter and Paul has a stained glass in honour of our Lady when it was built in 1870, which led to Lady of Lourdes church in 1888 and even St Bernadette church in Singapore at Zion Road built in 1958 in what can also be seen as another unbroken rhythm that is linked from early Singapore church history to present day and the blessings of Our Lady.
Lennard at 1:43 PM
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