Holy places

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The Milk Grotto, where families ask for the intercession of the Virgin Mary

23 May 2018

The Milk Grotto, in Bethlehem, is known for the witness of couples that entrust themselves to Our Lady to receive the grace of a child.

Around 200 metres south of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem is the small chapel of the “Milk Grotto”. This place is highly symbolic, as is the white stone within it. According to a tradition of the sixth century, the Virgin Mary hid here with the Infant Jesus before the flight into Egypt. Mary was breastfeeding and some drops of her milk fell onto the stone, which became completely white. For many centuries this place was one of great veneration on the part of families coming from the Holy Land and all over the world, especially those wishing to have children. Br FADI [...]