Bernadette and Lourdes Godden ” These words of William

” These words of William Butler Yeats are often cited in reference to the problems peculiar to the modern age

providing answers to questions about faith and reason

Paperback & E-book: 178pp

Mike (a sportsman to the bitter end) forgoes his Cambridge education and seeks gainful (if not meaningful) employment at the New Asiatic Bank of London

and equally witty and insightful reflections on “Going On Pilgrimage

Bernadette and Lourdes Godden ” These words of WilliamBy Michel de Saint Pierre The French town of Lourdes lies at the bottom of a valley as though in the palm of a hand. In this simple place, on Thursday, February 11, 1858, in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous beheld a vision of a Lady in white. Over the next four months, this Lady would appear to Bernadette a total of eighteen times, assuring her of happiness not in this world but the next;