Miraculous Medal
Roman Catholic devotional medal
About
The Miraculous Medal (French: Médaille miraculeuse), also given the names the Medal of Our Lady of Graces or the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, is a devotional medal originated by Catherine Labouré following apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal of Paris, France.
The medal, a sacramental, was made by the goldsmith Adrien Vachette. According to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, sacramentals, by the Church's prayer, prepare the faithful to receive grace and dispose them to cooperate with it. A prayer of petition to Mother Mary is engraved upon the front of the medal, reading "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee".
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