Miraculous Medal

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On my Miraculous Medal it says “Oh, Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you.” Does “pray for us who have
recourse to you” mean those who come to
The Blessed Mother for help and protection"

Also, how many here wear a Miraculous Medal? I have a silver MM on a necklace I’ve been wearing lately, another MM in gold (I wear silver for awhile then gold, then silver…) and some on a few of my rosary bracelets, including one I just had made a couple weeks ago.
 
Yes. Recourse means: a source of help in a difficult situation.

I wear an MM everyday. Like you, I have a gold and silver one.
 
I was having a difficult time with family members, and a priest advised I wear the Miraculous Medal (also known as Medal of the Immaculate Conception). I wear it ever since.

The Latin on the medal reads:

ora pro nobis qui ad te confugimus

This is the same verb found in the most ancient prayer “Suub tuum praesidium confugimus” (III Century).

The verb “confugere” has been translated as “take refuge” as well as “run to” and “have recourse to”. The root verb is “fugere”, “to flee”, with the prefix “con-”, often added to indicate bringing together, or to express a sense of “with”, “together”.

The meaning is consistent: we run to Our Lady, we “flee with her” to a safe place prepared by God. She embraces us and protect us, who are in Christ, just as she embraced and protected her divine child throughout all the times of persecution and trial faced by the Holy Family - a protection that the Church does not hesitate to call unfailing (ex. “Memorare”, XVI Century, indulgenced by Pope Pius IX).

This is also consistent with one of the earliest adjectives attributed to Our Lady, “advocate” (ex. Church Father Irenaeus of Lyon, 202 AD), which we find, above all else, in the beautiful “Salve Regina”.
 
I alternate between wearing a St. Anthony medal, a Miraculous Medal, and a San Damiano crucifix.

they are all wonderful blessings and I do truly love the miraculous medal because it is just such a wonderful prayer and an excellent sacramental.

Blessings!
 
I have wore a silver Miraculous Medal for eight years now, have not taken it off since the day I put it on. On the same chain is a silver Crucifix.
 
I wear one as well, as do all my family.
Also I have seen a rosary made using miraculous medals as the beads.They were very small versions of the medal though.
A friend also has a giant one as a keyring, which is about 4 inches long.
It’s great when you are trying to explain them, so people can see what you are talking about a bit easier.
 
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