Milk Grotto

2019-12-12 11:03:45
About 300 meters from the Basilica of Nativity is the small Sanctuary of the Milk Grotto. The Grotto is deeply venerated by the local population not only Christians. Fr. EUGENIO ALLIATA, ofm Studium Biblicum Franciscanum "It is said that while Mary was nursing baby Jesus in this place a drop of her milk spills to the ground and turn the rock the cave completely white. And this rock is highly sought-after even today by local people and sometimes by pilgrims who come from far away lands. They say it brings relief to women who may be having difficulty in producing a sufficient supply of milk to nurse that child."

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