Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Mother, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Lourdes, heal us for the greater ...

This bottle of holy water - unopened - washed up at my feet on the beach at Shingle Street in Suffolk, over 800 miles away from Lourdes ... also a telling symbol of our devotion to plastics ...

God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. Exalted model of all mothers, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for us. Mother who did suffer so much, Pray for us.