On November 27, 1830, Our Lady gave the Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine Laboure, promising great graces to those who wear it.
Catherine saw Our Lady standing on a globe, with dazzling rays of light streaming from her outstretched hands. Framing the figure was an inscription: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” Then Mary spoke to Catherine: “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck.” - Story of the Miraculous Medal
I have no other recourse than you ... O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. I am alone and afflicted, I have no one but you.
I, too, Terry, "am Alone and Afflicted": you are in my prayers each day: as are those I 'know' here:
ReplyDeleteOur Lady ! The kindest and gentlest of mothers: pray the rosary: beg to be shielded within Her Mantle: hide out, as it were...
I am experiencing a slow and deep mental and emotional healing from Our Lady's efficacy: you know how this goes: suddenly you realize a prayer is/has been not only been Heard...but dealt with in a way impossible to occur to you: the problem now seems...far away from your soul: muffled now, whereas prior it was a raw wound.
How foolish I am when I neglect her presence ! I wear a lovely Miraculous Medal, always - outside my clothes...in homage...
I love the story of Alphonse Ratisbonne ! So cool.
I love the Ratisbonne story too.
DeleteThe thing about this feast, this apparition, this message is that it is so filled with joy - a deep, spiritual joy - and I think that is Our Lady's presence.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the link!
DeleteSome years ago, I returned home from a healing service. A passage from the Gospel reading during Mass prompted me to give my very sick and bed-ridden mother-in-law a ‘miraculous’ medal. Lily wasn’t a religious woman in any sense of the word, but she willingly accepted the medal.
ReplyDeleteThe next day, she called out to me from her room. She was in a lot of pain and said the medal didn’t seem to be working!
Not many weeks afterwards Lily died unexpectedly but peacefully in her bed – and on her birthday, November 27 – the Feast of the Miraculous Medal!
One of the illicit Catholic things I gave to my sister before her death was a Miraculous Medal. It was in my purse when she was in the hospital and I left when she was sleeping so just placed it on the table in front of her. When I arrived the next day it was in front of her.
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