8MM blue glass beads, silver ox crucifix and center with Lourdes water in a vessel.

On February 11, 1858, Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes and taught her to pray the rosary.

Our lady also told Bernadette to dig in the ground at a certain spot and to drink from the small spring of water that began to bubble up. Almost immediately, cures were reported from the water. Today thousands of gallons of water gush from the source of the spring, and pilgrims are able to bathe in it. Countless purported miracle cures have been documented there, from the healing of nervous disorders and cancers to cases of paralysis and even of blindness.