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
The religious has never had another attack of this infirmity.
CURE OF A SICK PERSON (CHÂLONS SUR MARNE)--1834.
The Abbé Bégin, an eye-witness of this cure, which took place at the
hospital St. Maur, where he is chaplain, has prepared a verbal process
which attests: 1st, that the patient was really afflicted; 2d, that she
was cured March 14th, 1834; 3d, that she declares no other means were
employed than the medal and prayer. This verbal process is signed by a
hundred persons of the above-mentioned hospital.
"Madame C.H., a widow, aged seventy, a charity patient at the
hospital St. Maur, was, in consequence of a fall the 7th of
August, 1833, crippled to such a degree that it was with great
difficulty she could walk, even with the aid of a crutch, and
sometimes the additional assistance of another person's arm; she
could scarcely seat herself, and to rise was still more of an
effort. To ascend the stairs was almost impossible, she could
accomplish it only by grasping as she went along whatever lay
within reach. She could not stoop or kneel; the left limb, which
was the principal seat of her malady, she dragged helplessly after
her, not being able to bend it.
"Such was her sad condition at the beginning of March, 1834.
However, she heard something that enkindled a ray of hope in her
heart. Some one had spoken to her the January previous of a medal
said to be miraculous; it bore on one side the image of Mary
crushing the infernal serpent's head, her hands full of graces
figured by rays of light proceeding from them, and the invocation:
'O Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to
thee!' on the other, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, with
the letter M surmounted by a cross. She was also informed of the
wonders it had wrought, and her heart awoke to the consoling hope
of realizing some benefit from the medal which had been promised
her. How she sighed for the happy moment when it would be in her
possession! How long the time of waiting appeared! At last, her
desires were gratified; the 6th of March she received, as if
it were a present from Heaven, the long wished-for medal, and
hastened, by the reception of the Sacrament of Penance, to prepare
herself for the desired favor. Next day, the first Wednesday in
the month, she commenced by Holy Communion a novena to the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Twenty times, day and night, did she
press to her lips the precious medal hung around her neck. For
several days of the novena, our Lord severely tried her faith
anew. Her sufferings increased greatly, likewise her fervor and
confidence, and soon the most blessed results were the recompense
of this poor woman's prayers.
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