Sacred Place Essay Patrick Leegan

I chose to write about Lourdes, France as my sacred place because i have always found the story of St. Bernadette to be interesting. I went to a Catholic school for 9 year that was named St. Bernadettes and we learned a little bit about her but i figured i might as well learn the whole story and try and relate it to Lane's Axioms. Lane writes "God chooses to reveal himself only where he wills" this is exactly what happend in the story of Bernadette, Mary, the mother of Jesus, chooses to reveal herself to a Bernadette in a random grotto in Lourdes. Also Lane's Axiom "sacred place is ordinary place, ritually made sacred" fits perfectly with this place, because it is the constant rituals at this place that continue to make it sacred. I thought it was pretty interesting how Lanes ideas fit in perfectly with this place. At first I was nervous and didnt think i would be able to relate anything Lane said but i looked into his axioms further and realized that it was pretty easy.