Three ways to gain an anniversary indulgence

Godwin Penrhyn-Lowe offers a clear and simple guide to obtaining a special Lourdes indulgence
pope Benedict XVI has granted a plenary indulgence, which by suffrage can be applied to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The following are the conditions: One must go to Confession and receive Holy Communion and: A) For those visiting Lourdes. If between December 8, 2007, and December 8, 2008, they visit, preferably in the order suggested: 1) The parish church used for the baptism of Bernadette (Sacred Heart church); 2) The Soubirous family home — The Cachot, Rue du Borg; 3) The Grotto of Massabiele; and (4) the chapel of the hospice where Bernadette received First Communion (St Joseph's Chapel).
On each occasion they should pause for an appropriate length of time in prayer with pious meditations, concluding with the recital of the Our Father, the Profession of Faith (the Creed) and the Jubilee Prayer or other Marian Invocation.
B) For those unable to visit Lourdes. If between February 2 and February 11, 2008, they visit any church, grotto or decorous place, where the Blessed Image of the Virgin of Lourdes is solemnly exposed for public veneration, and before the image participate in a pious exercise of Marian devotion concluding with the Our Father, the Profession of Faith (the Creed) and the Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary or the Jubilee Prayer. C) For those who are housebound: If through sickness, old age or any other reason, a person is unable to leave their home, one may still obtain the plenary indulgence if, with the intention of observing as soon as they can the usual three conditions, between February 2-11, 2008 in their hearts, they spiritually visit the above mentioned places in condition A and recite those prayers, trustingly offered to God, through Mary, their sickness and the discomforts of their lives.
The Lourdes Jubilee Prayer prayer comprises six verses. The first three or second three may be used separately at different times: God our Father! among all creatures You have formed Mary, the perfect creature, the "Immaculate Conception". Here in Lourdes she proclaimed this name and Bernadette repeated it. The Immaculate Conception; this is a cry of hope: evil, sin, and death are no longer victors. Mary, the precursory sign and dawn of salvation!
Mary, you, the innocence and refuge of all sinners Our Lady of Lourdes, we pray to you, Hail Mary...
Lord Jesus, You gave us Mary as our Mother. She shared Your Passion and Resurrection. Here in Lourdes she showed herself to Bernadette, saddened by our sins but radiant with Your light. Through her, we entrust to You our joys and our sorrows, our own, those of the sick, and those of all people.
Mary, Our sister and our mother, our confidant and our help.
Our Lady of Lourdes, we pray to you, Rail Mary...
Holy Spirit, you are the Spirit of love and unity. Here in Lourdes, through Bernadette, Mary asked for a Chapel, and for people to come in procession. Inspire the Church 'AAA Christ built on Peter's faith; that it play be one. Guide the pilgrimage or the Church, that it may be faithful r.nd daring!
Mary, you are culla rth the Holy Spirit, you are the spouse and the servant. You are the model for all Christians, and the maternal face of the Church.
Our Lady of Lourdes, we pray to you, Hail Mary...
For the many graces received here, for all the conversions, all the forgiveness, all the healings, for the vocations and promises, which you have witnessed or engendered, for the love of serving others, which you have let us experience, we thank you!
Our Lady of Lourdes, we pray to you. (A Hail Mary may be said.) With all our brothers and sisters of the human race, with all people in need of peace and justice, with young people in search of a way, you who appeared so young to little Bernadette, with all those who are in mourning, who are ill, handicapped, or facing a setback, with those who may have a reason for despair: Our Lady of Lourdes, we pray to you. (A Hail Mary may be said.) Because you are the smile of God, the reflection of the light of Christ, the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, because you chose Bernadette in her misery, because you are the star of the morning, the gate of Heaven, and the first resurrected creature, we praise you, we acclaim you, and with you we sing the wonders of God..
Our Lady of Lourdes, we pray to you. (A Hail Mary may be said.) Magnificat...