Sacrament of Reconciliation

During the apparitions at Lourdes, Our Lady asked Bernadette to do penance and to pray for sinners. In Lourdes we all have the opportunity to examine our lives, and to ask God for his forgiveness and strength for the times when we have failed to love God and our neighbours as ourselves. There are chapels in the Sanctuaries open daily for the Sacrament of Reconciliation (or ‘confession’), but the Catholic Association Pilgrimage also organises a Penitential Service during the week when anyone who wants to has the opportunity to go to confession.