The Miraculous Medal: Its Origin, History, Circulation, ResultsAladel, Jean-Marie
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The Miraculous Medal: Its Origin, History, Circulation, Results
Aladel, Jean-Marie
Labouré, Catherine, Saint, 1806-1876; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Miraculous Medal
notwithstanding his state of exhaustion. Then, with every mark
of sincere repentance, he confessed, received the Holy Viaticum
and Extreme Unction, for we expected each moment he would
breathe his last. This occurred January 19, 1836. Interiorly,
he enjoyed unspeakable peace, a favor he always attributed to
the Blessed Virgin. From this time he began to improve, and
in a few days his health was completely re-established. He
continues to persevere in his good resolutions, and full of the
tenderest affection for his celestial Benefactress, he still
reverently wears the medal I gave him, often kissing it with
truly filial love.
"Monsieur, I was a witness of the above-mentioned fact; I send
it to you, not only with the permission of the newly converted
and cured, but at his request, and I hope that the knowledge
will redound to the honor and glory of the Omnipotent God, who,
through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, has wrought
this double miracle.
"I subjoin the certificate of the physician who attests the
disease and its cure."
CURE OF A JUDGE AT NAPLES.
The judge of the civil tribunal of Naples, M. Joseph Cocchia, seriously
debilitated by a chronic disease of the bowels, was afflicted with most
violent pains, accompanied by a spasmodic sensation that, continually
increasing, banished sleep and appetite, and perceptibly diminished
his frame. This was followed by a bilious gastric fever, long and
obstinate, of fifty days duration. When freed from the fever, the sick
man found himself in a frightful state of emaciation and exhaustion;
signs of inflammation in the bowels, and such extreme irritation that
the least jolt induced fever, made skillful physicians fear lest these
were the symptoms of an incurable malady still more deplorable. Whilst
in this pitiable condition, there reached the sick man's ears accounts
of the prodigies Divine mercy had wrought in favor of those who wore
the medal; he eagerly asked for one, and received it with faith;
henceforth, he had no longer any need of medical assistance, for he
recovered the strength and perfect health he now enjoys.
CURE OF F.P. DE MAGISTRIS.
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