Miraculous Medal Devotion
In 1830 the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Catherine Labouré.

 
(Priest:)  Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your love.  Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created.  (All:)  And You shall renew the face of the earth.  (Priest:)  O Mary, conceived without sin, (All:)  pray for us who have recourse to you!  [3x] 
 
O Lord Jesus Christ, who have vouchsafed to glorify, by numberless miracles, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Immaculate from the first moment of her conception, grant that all who devoutly implore her protection on earth, may eternally enjoy Your presence in heaven, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, live and reign, God, forever and ever. Amen.  O Lord, Jesus Christ, who for the accomplishment of Your greatest works have chosen the weak things of the world, that no flesh may glory in Your sight, and who, for a better and more widely diffused belief in the Immaculate Conception of Your Mother, have wished that the Miraculous Medal be manifested to Saint Catherine Labouré, grant, we beseech You, that filled with like humility, we may glorify this mystery by word and work.  Amen.
 

THE MEMORARE

Remember, O most compassionate Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your assistance, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.  Inspired with this confidence, we fly unto you, O Virgin of Virgins, our Mother.  To you we come, before you we kneel, sinful and sorrowful, O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but, in your clemency, hear and answer them.  Amen.
 

THE NOVENA PRAYER

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus, and our Mother, penetrated with the most lively confidence in your all-powerful, and never failing, intercession, manifested so often through the Miraculous Medal, we your loving and trustful children, implore you to obtain for us the graces and favors we ask during this novena, if they be beneficial to our immortal souls, and the souls for whom we pray…
 

[Silently make your petitions known to Our Lady.]

 
You know, O Mary, how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of your Son, who hates iniquity.  Obtain for us then, a deep hatred of sin, and that purity of heart, which will attach us to God alone, so that our every thought, word and deed may tend to His greater glory.  Obtain for us also, a spirit of prayer and self-denial, that we may recover by penance what we have lost by sin, and at length, attain to that blessed abode, where you are the Queen of Angels and of Men.  Amen.
 

THE ACT OF CONSECRATION

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.  (Priest:)  O Mary, conceived without sin, (All:)  pray for us who have recourse to you!  [3x]

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