Though the Miraculous Medal was given to Saint Catherine Laboure in 1830, Our Lady continues to give immense graces through it in our times.
A True Story
A few years ago, a Brazilian cleaning lady in the large city of São Paulo told the story of her son’s conversion.
Saddened by her son’s immoral lifestyle, she obtained a Miraculous Medal and convinced the young man to wear it. A construction worker by trade, he was in constant risk of being in an accident and was therefore more likely to be killed in the state of mortal sin. Although he tended not to listen to his mother’s advice, she often ordered him to pray, “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” While he did not mind wearing the medal, he continued to lead an immoral life.
Eleven Floors up…
Soon after, he was guiding a huge bucket of cement into place on the eleventh floor of a new high-rise building. Motioning the bucket to come towards him, he momentarily lost his concentration. Before he realised the danger, the bucket had shoved him violently off the building.
From eleven stories up, the man fell onto the only standing tree left on the construction site and was tossed like a pinball from limb to limb until he dropped, unconscious, on the ground. Amazingly, he had not broken anything but was badly bruised. Extremely shaken, the young man asked his boss if he could go home. Of course, his boss acquiesced.
The Incredible Mercy of Our Lady
Upon returning home, his mother was horrified to see her son so bruised and after explaining to her his ordeal, she asked if he had prayed. “No,” he said, “I just grabbed the Medal and yelled: Help! Help!” Our Lady had saved him, not only from death, but also from his immoral life. He made a good confession and returned to his Catholic Faith.
Lessons to be Learned
This story should encourage us to have the highest degree of confidence in Our Lady. This did not happen five hundred years ago but in our twenty-first century. Even today, Our Lady wants to give graces of conversion to mankind but we simply do not ask.
When giving the medal to Saint Catherine, Our Lady said: “The whole world will be overwhelmed by misfortunes of all kinds… All will seem lost, but I shall be with you.”
All had seemed lost for this man, but he had recourse to the Blessed Mother. All seems lost for the world today, but we must simply increase our confidence in Our Lady who promised the triumph of her Immaculate Heart at Fatima.
Thanks for all your emails
Thank you for posting this testimony. This WRETCHED SINNER has seen the intervention of Our Most Purest Blessed Virgin Mother of God interveming for me. I will forever repeat the words from Almighty God to her in Lk.1:28-“Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee”
Thanks for the email, the miraculous medal is a great gift our Blessed lady has given to us.
Please tell me is there a deadline for the names for the Father Sheehy.? I May be able to get another name over the next t couple of weeks.D.V
God Bless.
Mary
Hello Mary, the deadline for the Fr. Sheehy petition is this Saturday, 3rd December. Here is the link to the petition. https://www.isfcc.org/petition/thank-fr-sheehy-for-defending-church-doctrine/
Thanks for this testimony .Our Lady is the handmaid of the Lord , through her God’s will is done . We need to continue to preach and to share our faith with one another even when it’s look impossible ,but everything is possible with God .And His word will never return without accomplished what He wants .So we need to pray ,do works of mercy and trust in Mary intercession and trust in Jesus.
What a Beautiful Story, Even in this day and age Our lady is Watching over us, her Children. Take Folks
Thanks for the novena prayers and the reminder. I love the miraculous medal and wore one for 20 years and more but recently replaced it with a cross. I must get another and begin to wear one again.