February 29, 2024
Four Way Miraculous Medal Includes Fatima & Lourdes Silvertone w/ Oxidation
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Four Way Miraculous Medal Includes Fatima & Lourdes Silvertone w/ Oxidation. 1-1/4" long.Catherine Labouré, Daughters of Charity, received an apparition of Our Lady when she was praying in the convent chapel. Our Lady was standing on a globe with her foot crushing the head of a serpent and there were rays of light coming from gems on her fingers. Our Lady said, "Behold the symbol of graces that I will shower down on all who ask me for them." An oval frame surrounded Our Lady and Catherine could read this prayer in gold lettering on the oval frame, "O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee." This is the image on the front of the medal. The frame turned and Catherine could see a cross with a large "M" representing Mary beneath it. Beneath the cross were two hearts, one surrounded with thorns which Catherine understood to represent Jesus, and the other heart was pierced by a sword which Catherine took to represent Mary recalling the words of Simeon in the Temple to Mary that a sword of sorrow would pierce her soul (Luke 2:35). This is the image on the rear of the medal. Catherine was told to have a medal struck according to this model.Our Lady of Fátima is a title referring to the Virgin Mary, based on apparitions reported to be experienced by three shepherd children at Fátima. The apparition is also referred
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