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Apparition of BVM Immaculate (Lourdes) - Collect (Feb 11)

The collect petitions God who 'per Immaculatam Virginis Conceptionem dignum Filio tuo habitaculum praeparasti' (by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for thy Son). This connects the Lourdes apparition to the Immaculate Conception dogma: Mary's sinlessness made her a fitting temple for the Incarnation. The petition for 'salutem mentis et corporis' (health of soul and body) reflects Lourdes' twofold healing ministry - the miraculous cures and the spiritual conversions. The phrase 'apparitionem celebramus' (we celebrate the apparition) indicates that the Church commemorates not merely Mary's privilege but her visible manifestation to Bernadette.

LATINE
Deus, qui per Immaculatam Virginis Conceptionem dignum Filio tuo habitaculum praeparasti: supplices a te quaesumus; ut, qui ejusdem Virginis apparitionem celebramus, salutem mentis et corporis consequamur. Per eumdem Dominum.
ENGLISH
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin didst prepare a worthy habitation for thy Son: we humbly beseech thee, that celebrating the apparition of this same Virgin, we may obtain health of soul and body. Through the same.
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FONS
Breviarium Romanum (1962)
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Apparition of BVM Immaculate (Lourdes) - Collect (Feb 11)
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