A pilgrimage is defined as a journey to a shrine or sacred place in order to be healed or have questions answered or to achieve some other spiritual benefit. And so, during this Year of Faith, we come here to the shrine of Our Lady of La Salette seeking to encounter in a special way the one to whom Mary always directs our gaze and our attention. That person is Mary`s son, Jesus, who is the Son of God and who by offering up his life has brought salvation to the whole world.