St. Catherine Laboure Prayer Card (PC-40)
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PC-40 — St. Catherine Labouré Prayer Card
The visionary who kept the greatest secret in Catholic history for forty-six years
When nine-year-old Zoe Labouré stood at her mother's funeral and picked up a statue of the Blessed Virgin, she held it close and whispered: "Now you will be my mother." It was a promise Mary would not forget. Born in Burgundy, France in 1806, she eventually joined the Daughters of Charity in Paris and entered their novitiate at the famous convent on the Rue du Bac.
On the night of July 18, 1830, a child's voice woke her from sleep and led her to the chapel — where the Blessed Virgin Mary was waiting, seated in a chair. For two hours, Our Lady spoke with her, revealing that she was about to receive a mission and would be contradicted, but should not be afraid. Four months later, Mary returned — standing on a globe, rays of brilliant light streaming from her hands like graces flowing to all who asked for them. Around her appeared the words: "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee." Then the vision turned, revealing the reverse of what would become the Miraculous Medal — and Our Lady made her request: "Have a medal struck after this model."
What followed is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of Marian devotion. The first 1,500 medals were struck in 1832. As reports of miraculous graces and cures spread, demand exploded — by the time of Catherine's death in 1876, more than one billion Miraculous Medals had been produced. And through all of it, Sister Catherine Labouré said nothing. She revealed her identity only to her confessor, spent the next forty-six years quietly caring for the elderly and infirm in her community, and died in 1876 still largely unknown — her body later found to be incorrupt. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1947. Her feast day is November 28th.
She is the patron of the elderly, the sick, and all devoted to the Miraculous Medal — and her life is a profound lesson that the greatest works of God are often accomplished in the most hidden of souls.
Perfect for: Miraculous Medal devotees, Daughters of Charity, Marian consecration, November 28th feast day, care for the elderly, Catholic nurses and healthcare workers, and anyone drawn to hidden holiness.