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This Miraculous Medal isa high quality,silver-plated, and Italian-made religious medal(it is NOT cheap lightweight aluminum)
- Material: Silver-Plated ZAMAC (an alloy of mostly zinc)
- Weight: approximately 2 grams
- Size: approximately1inch tall
ThisMiraculous Medal will be shipped in an envelopevia USPS First Class Mail
If you need a chain to wear this medal around your neck, I have a listing for a 28 inch long ball and chain for fellow Catholics**ThisMiraculous Medal has NOT been blessed, as such, there are no simony issues with the sale of this medal. Please have your parish priest bless this medal when you receive it.
The words and pictures engraved on the medal represent three closely tied messages. “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” The identity of Mary is explicitly revealed to us here: the Virgin Mary is immaculate from the moment of her conception. This privilege is already bestowed upon her through the merits of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and from it flows the all-powerful nature of her intercession for those who pray to her. This is why the Virgin invites all to have recourse to her in the difficulties of life. Her feet are planted on a half-ball, and they are crushing the head of a serpent. The half-ball is a half-globe, the world. The snake personifies Satan and the forces of evil.
The Virgin Mary is herself engaged in a spiritual battle, the battle against evil, of which our world is the battlefield. She calls us also to follow God’s way, which is not the way of the world. It is this true grace resulting from one’s conversion that the Christian must ask of Mary to bring it to the whole world. Her hands are open and her fingers are adorned with rings, decorated with precious stones. Rays of light are emitted from these jewels, becoming increasingly bigger as they are beamed toward earth. The radiance of these beams reaffirms our trust in the fidelity of Mary (symbol of the rings) towards her Creator and towards her children, in her intervention (the rays of grace being beamed to earth), and in final victory (the light itself), since she, as the first disciple, is the first saved.
On the back of the medal is an initial and a drawing which introduce us to the secret of Mary. The letter “M” is superimposed by the cross. The “M” is the initial of Mary; the cross is the cross of Christ. The two interlaced symbols represent the everlasting bond that ties Christ to his Holy Mother. Mary is associated with the mission of the salvation of humanity through her son Jesus, and by her compassion participates in the actual redemptive sacrifice of Christ. The heart crowned with thorns is the Heart of Jesus. It reminds us of the cruel circumstances surrounding the Passion of Christ, recounted in the Gospels. It represents His Passion offered for love of humanity. The heart pierced by a sword is the Heart of Mary, his Mother, reminding us of the prophecy of Simeon recounted in the Gospels, the day of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem by Mary and Joseph. It represents the love of Christ that dwells within Mary and His love for us: for our Salvation she accepts the sacrifice of her own Son. The closeness of the two hearts expresses that the life of Mary is intimately tied to that of her Son, Jesus. Twelve stars are engraved around the medal. These correspond to the twelve apostles and represent the Church. To be of the Church is to love Christ and to participate in his Passion for the salvation of the world. Each baptized person is invited to become a part of the mission of Christ by uniting his heart with the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The medal is a call for each of us to walk generously the path of love and sacrifice, like Our Lord and His Mother, to the point of a total gift of ourselves.
