Happy Feast Day!

Happy feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal! I’ll share here a message that I posted on Instagram this morning:

Happy Feast Day! Not too long ago, I was blessed to lead a pilgrimage to the Miraculous Medal chapel at Ru du Bac in Paris, France. I had been devoted to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal for many years. I have given out thousands upon thousands of Miraculous Medals all around the world. I never thought I would ever get to the actual apparition site – – where the Blessed Virgin Mary instructed Saint Catherine Laboure about the Miraculous Medal.

Perhaps, you can tell by the kind of “stunned” look on my face in this photo (taken after spending some time there) that I was totally overwhelmed by the blessing of being there. I was also blessed to give the Reading at holy Mass in that chapel of the apparition site for our pilgrimage. In this picture, I am wearing the blessed Miraculous Medal given to me by Mother Teresa during a precarious pregnancy. I never take it off. It’s one of the many she had given to me, but this one is so special to me.

By God’s grace, without any planning, I took up Mother Teresa’s tradition of giving out blessed Miraculous Medals. Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Tomorrow, is another special day in honor of the Miraculous Medal. It is St. Catherine Laboure’s feast day. By the way, I will be on the airwaves tomorrow with “The Miracle Hunter” on #EWTNradio talking about the Miraculous Medal.

Here is a prayer: Miraculous Medal Prayer

O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, 
We dedicate and consecrate ourselves to you
under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
May this Medal be for each one of us
a sure sign of your affection for us
and a constant reminder of our duties toward you.

Ever while wearing it, may we be blessed by your loving protection
and preserved in the grace of your Son.
O Most Powerful Virgin, Mother of Our Savior,
keep us close to you every moment of our lives.
Obtain for us, your children, the grace of a happy death;
so that in union with you, we may enjoy the bliss of Heaven forever.

Amen. #miraclehunter#ewtnradio#miraculousmedal#rudubac#paris#ourladyofthemiraculousmedal#motherteresa@ewtnmedia@ewtnradio@miracle.hunter