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Do you believe the story about the miraculous medal?
actually, just recently i got my first Miraculous medal, our parish all got enrolled about 3 weeks ago,
well, two days before that, i had a little accident at the skating rink, i fell hard, flat on my backside, and ended up bruising my tailbone, it was very painful afterwards, alot of difficulty walking and especially sitting, even laying down was hard, i could only lay on my right side without pain,
so, i was expecting i’d have to call off from work for a week or two, since the tailbone heals very slowly, and my job is rather physical, which i was praying and praying i wouldn’t have to call off, i prayed that i could be healed at least enough to be able to go to work, so Sunday morning when i went to church, which was very difficult to do, it was just as painful that morning as it was the day before, so much so that i was feeling sick from the pain,
well, we got our Miraculous medals after mass, but just the medal, no chain with it, so when i got home the first thing i did was go upstairs to my room to get a chain, and going up the stairs was very hard, but then i put my medal on…and at first i didn’t think anything of it, but when i went to bend down and pick something up, i remember just thinking to myself “that wasn’t so hard”…and then after i changed and went over my sisters house(right next door) i still didn’t really notice what happened, until we were sitting down for dinner, and i realized that it didn’t hurt at all to sit…i thought perhaps it was a fluke…so i starting dancing around a bit and i was rather dumb founded, i was trying to figure out what happened, i thought perhaps it was from praying for the Souls in Purgatory…or something, but then i remembered when i put on my Miraculous medal, that it wasn’t so hard bending down, even though just a moment before i was struggling to get up the stairs…
which by the way, my prayer was answered just as i requested, i was cured just enough to be able to go to work, it still hurts a little, but does not effect my work at all.
well…i’m not very good at telling stories, but that’s what happened…though it’s not a great miracle by any means, but to me it’s great
i have no trouble believing in the story of the Miraculous medal, it’s always been one of my favorite stories actually, and as the others said, it’s not that we need a medal, obviously God can do what He wants and Our Blessed Mother could still intervene for us without it(and does), but it’s more than that, the medal is meant as a testimony to faith and of trust in prayer, it’s an instrument, a visible promise, and all we’re asked to do is wear the medal as a sign of our faith and our trust in what Our Lady has told us,
and also, just like in my case, if you wear the medal, and receive a special grace afterwards, then you know without question it was Our Lady who helped you, and you can tell others of it, and hopefully inspire them.
ok, so i hope this helps, take care.
Thanks for sharing.