Awakening at Lourdes: How an Unanswered Prayer Healed Our Family and Restored Our Faith

Winner of a third-place award in the memoir category from the Catholic Media Association.

“This is your cross, and I am not going to take it away from you. I will be with you, and I will help you, but it is yours to carry.”

Christy Wilkens heard Jesus speak those words after she prayed for her son Oscar’s healing in her parish adoration chapel one bright September day. Almost a year later she would find herself in Lourdes, France, seeking a miracle.

The grotto at Lourdes is known as a place of...