the Virgin Miracle Medal It is celebrated on November 27 every year in Catholicism. This Marian devotion, which has its origin in France, is remembered for its history Saint Catherine Laborie More than two centuries ago. Many believers want to know His story and the prayer to say.
According to the Catholic Information Agency. Assi Pressorigin Virgin Miracle Medal It starts with Catalina Laboria young French woman devoted to Catholicism. She belonged to Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de PaulA women’s apostolic society in France. One night on July 18, 1830, while she was in her room at this devotion, Catherine saw the apparition of a child. The baby asked him to go to church, and as soon as he arrived he met a character Mary. During this experience, a dialogue took place between them Mother of Christ He said to him:My girl, I will entrust you with a mission“.
he November 27 From the same year, Catherine It was again Seeing the Virgin. On this occasion, you could see how the saint stood in the middle of the globe. Likewise, he was holding a small golden ball filled with jewels in his hands, looking up at the sky. the Mary He explained that what excites him is the representation of the world and that its accessories are “blessings that are available but no one asked for.” After a while, Mother of God He will appear again in the same way, with an inscription surrounding his character that says:O Mary, who conceived without sin, pray for us who turn to you“.
that way, Virgin Mother Ask Catalina to create a file medal To be able to reproduce what she thought, so that those who carried her with them would thank her. The first copies were minted in 1832, with approval Catholic Church. immediately, Miracle Medal It became popular in France and then in other countries around the world. Catalina Labori He died in 1876, and in 1947 Pope Pius XII Announce it sacred.
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal It is a symbol of divine grace for believers. Many pray in his name for help or guidance. And there too Novena to the Miraculous Medal Which starts every November 18 and ends on November 26.
O Immaculate Virgin, recipient of the miraculous medal, who revealed herself to Saint Catherine Laborie, as Mediator of all graces, hear my prayer. Into your motherly hands I leave all my spiritual and temporal cares, entrusting to you in particular the grace which I dare to ask of your goodness, so that you may hand it over to your divine Son and ask him to grant it to me if it is in accordance with his will and must be for the good of my soul.
Lift your hands to the Lord and then direct them towards My all-powerful Virgin. Envelop me in the rays of Your grace so that, in the light and heat of those rays, I can separate myself from earthly things and walk joyfully in following You, until the day You receive me at the gates of Heaven.
Amen