Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. If you aren’t wearing her medal 24/7, you should be.
The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the young Sister Catherine Laboure while she was at prayer with the Sisters in a chapel in Paris. Our Lady appeared in an oval frame, standing on a globe of the world. She was dressed in a white robe with a blue cloak edged with silver, having as it were diamonds in Her hands from which fell streams of golden rays upon the earth. A voice was heard saying: “These rays are the graces that Mary obtains for men.” Then golden words formed around the oval: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee!” The oval picture then turned around, and on the reverse side the Sister saw the letter M, with a cross above it, having a crosspiece at its base, and below the letter the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the former surrounded by a crown of thorns, and the latter pierced with a sword. Then the voice said: “A medal must be struck on this pattern; the persons who shall carry it with indulgences attached to it, and shall offer the above prayer, shall enjoy a very special protection from the Mother of God.”
The medal was struck and spread all over the world, and immediately the most wonderful conversions and cures attested to its miraculous efficacy. Devout Catholics everywhere attest to its wonder-working power!
The medal was struck and spread all over the world, and immediately the most wonderful conversions and cures attested to its miraculous efficacy. Devout Catholics everywhere attest to its wonder-working power!
COLLECT: O Lord Jesus Christ, who wast pleased that the most Blessed Virgin Mary Thy Mother, immaculate from her first conception, should shine resplendent with miracles beyond number; grant, that, ever imploring her patronage, we may attain the joys of everlasting life.
When Saint Catherine was shown the model for the medal, in 3D, she noticed that certain gems within it appeared dim, and she asked Our Lady why they didn’t shine. Her response:
“Those are the graces for which people forget to ask.” HERE
Your Mother is literally begging you to beg her. Implore her Holy Name. Praying the Ave is like praying twice, because her Holy Name is found twice therein. Have you started praying the Rosary every day? Have you at least tried? Because I can assure you that you will succeed and your desire to recite it will win out, despite considerable effort from the enemy to prevent you. When you find you desire it, but “something comes up,” well that is Satan, my friend. He’s also the same one who throws down barricades to Daily Mass and Adoration. When Satan starts paying extra attention to you, it’s because he knows he’s losing his grip. Maintain your bearing, see this for what it is, and redouble your resolve.
Mary is in heaven right now, her palms outstretched to you, at the ready with weaponized Grace.
Happy feast!
Speaking of Satan, Elon Musk knows “DOGE” is a joke. The acronym “doge” is also part of a cryptocurrency Musk owns, “dogecoin”. The currency started as a joke, but the joke is on anyone who buys it.
Its all inside jokes, scams. Musk just wants to be close to taxpayer money and away from an SEC indictment.
Bloviator gonna bloviate….
Way to shoehorn that into a Miraculous Medal thread.
I didn’t shoehorn it. I submitted it and it was posted. The subject of the post doesn’t dictate the subjects of the comment thread. If that were the case many comments wouldn’t be posted.
In other words the comment boxes aren’t exclusive to the post.
The Miraculous Medal is not magic; it serves as a reminder of Mary’s intercession and protection of us. Some miracles have been attributed to wearing it with devotion to Mary. But it isn’t an object to be worshipped.
So i don’t feel that bad about posting this. At all, actually.
My beloved patron saint and dear friend, St Catherine Laboure.
Thank you Mark
Happy feast day!