French Folio/Pocket Shrine Containing Miraculous Medal and Small Metal Plaques of Lourdes and Saint-Christophe Carrying the Christ Child

$65.00

This small plastic folio has a Miraculous Medal on a card as well as two metal plaques of Lourdes and Saint-Christophe carrying the Christ Child. The folio measures 1 ⅞" x 2 ½". The medal measures ¾" x ½", not including the bale. The metal plaques measure 1" x 1 ¼". The Saint-Christophe plaque has "France" embossed along the lower right side.

The miraculous medal reads, in French: Ô Marie conçue sans péché priez pour nous qui avons recours à vous.

*****Condition: Please note the metal of the medal and plaques is unmarked and therefore not silver. The medal, in particular has corrosion evident, especially on the face of the medal and along the border/edge as well as on the bale. Also, as seen in the second photo, the plastic holding the medal attached to the card is splitting on one side.

The Miraculous Medal is described on miraculousmedal.org:

The front side of the Miraculous Medal depicts Mary Immaculate, her hands open, full of light. St. Catherine Labouré saw Our Lady appear like this and heard her say, “Have a medal made according to this model. Everyone who wears it around their neck will receive great graces.” Mary stands upon the globe as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her feet crush the serpent to proclaim that Satan and all his followers are helpless before her (Gn. 3:15). The year 1830 on the Miraculous Medal is the year the Blessed Mother gave the design of the Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine. The reference to “Mary conceived without sin” supports the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary — referring to Mary being sinless, “full of grace,” and “blessed among women” (Lk. 1:28). The dogma of the Immaculate Conception was proclaimed 24 years later in 1854, and then confirmed when Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, in 1858.

Concerning the reverse, they write:

On the reverse side, the Cross and the letter M symbolize the close relationship of Mary to the suffering, passion, and death of her Son. The cross can symbolize Christ and our redemption, with the bar under the cross a sign of the earth and the Altar, for it is on the Altar at Mass that the Sacrifice of Calvary continues to be present in the world today. The M signifies “Mary” and “Mother.” The interweaving of Mary’s initial and the cross shows Mary’s close involvement with Jesus and our world. In this, we see Mary’s part in our salvation and her role as Mother of the Church.

Beneath the Cross, bar, and the M are two hearts side‐by‐side: the Sacred Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns and the Immaculate Heart of Mary pierced by a sword. The two hearts represent the love of Jesus and Mary for us.

The twelve stars signify the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles, who represent the entire Church as it surrounds Mary. They also recall the vision of Saint John, writer of the Book of Revelation (12:1), in which “a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars.”

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