On Sunday, Bernadette's mother allowed her to return to the grotto. The Second Apparition - Sunday, February 14, 1858: The three little girls started out, armed with a vial of holy water.

Her message of love and compassion, and her universal promise of help and protection to all mankind, as well as the story of the apparitions, are described in the "Nican Mopohua", a 16th century ...