Miraculous Medal Mary

On May 16, 2010 · 0 Comments

Miraculous Medal Mary
Question for Catholics. Found a miraculous medal during a painful time.?

We've been trying to have a baby, and unfortunately have miscarried twice since July with the last miscarriage being this week. During the second pregnancy, my Catholic neighbor suggested I pray to Mary as we have been very worried. I did pray, and to my surprise, began to feel a bit of comfort. I do pray often, but never to Saints. This week I found a medal in a parking lot by my car - which I later learned was the Miraculous Medal of Mary.

I'm interested in hearing from Catholics. Do you think this is coincidence? Do you think God works like this? Is he or Mary trying to tell me something or comfort me?

Before I answer that, please consider this : there is a distinct difference between the definition of "pray" and "praise" . We praise God and God is the One that answers our prayers (our talking to God/saints). We worship /praise God as our creator and the Supreme being. But just as we can ask our friend to pray (to God) for us and our needs; we can also pray (talk to/ask - not praise) to any soul that made it to heaven - saint and ask them to also pray to God for us/loved ones. That is the idea of the intercession of the saints. It does NOT mean that we feel that we HAVE to "go through" the saints to get the message to God. One of the ideas of asking the saints to also pray is to pray (talk to) a saint that dealt with the same kind of problem/dilemma in their earthly life as you need help with. A saint that would have particular empathy for your desire to have a child is Saint Anne. Saint Anne was married to Joachim and they were older and wanted children but were believed to be too old to have a baby. But they prayed and they became the parents of Mary, the mother of Jesus. St. Anne would understand of your longing to have a child and would pray diligently for you (and she'd probably ask her daughter to also pray for you too). To answer you question directly is to suggest that you investigate the miracles that are associated with Mary's appearances at Lourdes, France or at Fatima, Portugal. Remember that the saints and Mary don't answer your prayers - they pray with you and for you - but God answers your prayers. But consider this : whose requests would Jesus most readily respond to ? Maybe His mother? She was the occasion for Jesus working His first miracle (water into wine at the marriage of Cana) even though He said, "My time has not yet come" (to work miracles) - but He did it anyway because SHE asked. Always remember that if prayers are answered seemingly in response to Mary's prayers, she points to God/Jesus as the source. Anyway, don't confuse "pray" with "praise". "Praise" is for God alone and "prayer" (is just a word for talking to someone). We may praise God in prayer but all prayer (like to the saints) is not praise.