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Our Lady of Miraculous Medal
By peace | March 3, 2011
Our Lady of Grace (Miraculous Medal)
Feast Day: 7 October
Patron Saint of : Universal
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary when she appeared to a Sister of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Paris. On 18 July 1830, St Catherine Laboure was awakened by a young child standing at the end of her bed, calling her to come,”The Blessed Virgin is waiting for you.”
Sister Catherine followed the boy to the Chapel where she knelt at the altar rail and waited. She heard the rustling of material before she saw the Blessed Mother come and sit in the priest’s chair. Sister Catherine ran to her and resting her hands on the knees of Mary listened for hours as she was instructed about how to act in times of trials she would encounter. She predicted the terrible Revolution of 1830 in France and the Franco-Prussian War of 1860. She told Sr Catherine of a special mission that God had for her and the contradictions she would face. She asked Sr Catherine to tell no one of her visit, except her confessor Father Aladel. On 27 November 1830 while in the chapel in meditation with other sisters, Sister Catherine again heard the rustling of material and the Blessed Virgin appeared standing on a globe and holding a smaller globe on top of a cross she seemed to offer to God. When the globe disappeared, Mary lifted her hands that were covered with jewels. From some of the jewels, rays of light shown which she said were symbols of the graces that would be given to all who asked for them. The jewels that had no rays were symbols of unclaimed graces. An oval frame outlined the figure bearing in gold letters the words “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee”. When the frame revolved, on the back the letter M was surmounted by a crown of thorns and the Sacred Heart of Mary pierced by a sword. She asked Catherine to have a medal made after the model and to spread devotion to the medal.
Stories of cures and conversions made the medals popular and resulted in them being called “miraculous”. To spread the devotion, Father Aladel formed confraternities or sodalities of the Children of Mary which spread all over the world. A statue of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was placed over the main altar in the chapel where Mary appeared to Sr Catherine.
The Crown, Our Lady's Procession 2009
Went to Church of Christ The King on 26 February 2011. Clara bought The Miraculous Medal while I bought a plaque of Our Lady of Grace. That night, we had a unusual sight of Green and Red Lights in the Sky (UAP) — the Crown of Mary (as you can see from the colour of the beads from the crowns shown in the above photograph)…
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