Saint Padre Pio
J.M.J.
Bobby McLean – 1007861
6th grade Book Report – 3rd Quarter
The Miraculous Medal
The Miraculous Medal By Mary Fabian Windeatt is a story of Saint Catherine Laboure and her struggle to fulfill the Blessed Mother’s request of making and spreading the devotion to her Miraculous Medal. The Blessed Mother appeared to her for the first time in 1830 and told her that she would have much to suffer. She would be ignored and pushed aside but would be given the graces needed to do God’s will. Saint Catherine’s patience, love and obedience to the Blessed Mother was continuously tested, yet she persevered in her struggles. Catherine had a beautiful childlike faith in the Blessed Virgin and after the death of her own mother when she was a child, considered the Blessed Mother to have taken her place. Saint Catherine was a wonderful tutor to the young novices and explained to her fellow sisters that we are encouraged to look upon the Blessed Virgin as our best friend and that we should pray to Her for the graces to love God as She had loved Him. After the Blessed Mother appeared to Saint Catherine in 1830, Catherine’s patience and perseverance was tested. The Blessed Mother warned her that she would have to suffer much and that God wanted her to do something special for Him. However, Catherine was not told what God wanted from her had to wait several months before the Blessed Mother gave her the instructions of what she was supposed to do. Father Aladel, the confessor for the Daughters of Charity, treated her badly after Saint Catherine told him about her visions and wanted to get rid of her. Saint Catherine insisted that the Miraculous Medal be made and said that the Blessed Mother told her to tell him that She would be very disappointed if one of Her priests was disobeying Her. Even though Father Aladel treated her very badly and frequently abused her verbally, she did not retreat in her perseverance but continued to urge him to fulfill what the
Bobby McLean – 1007861
6th grade Book Report – 3rd Quarter
The Miraculous Medal
The Miraculous Medal By Mary Fabian Windeatt is a story of Saint Catherine Laboure and her struggle to fulfill the Blessed Mother’s request of making and spreading the devotion to her Miraculous Medal. The Blessed Mother appeared to her for the first time in 1830 and told her that she would have much to suffer. She would be ignored and pushed aside but would be given the graces needed to do God’s will. Saint Catherine’s patience, love and obedience to the Blessed Mother was continuously tested, yet she persevered in her struggles. Catherine had a beautiful childlike faith in the Blessed Virgin and after the death of her own mother when she was a child, considered the Blessed Mother to have taken her place. Saint Catherine was a wonderful tutor to the young novices and explained to her fellow sisters that we are encouraged to look upon the Blessed Virgin as our best friend and that we should pray to Her for the graces to love God as She had loved Him. After the Blessed Mother appeared to Saint Catherine in 1830, Catherine’s patience and perseverance was tested. The Blessed Mother warned her that she would have to suffer much and that God wanted her to do something special for Him. However, Catherine was not told what God wanted from her had to wait several months before the Blessed Mother gave her the instructions of what she was supposed to do. Father Aladel, the confessor for the Daughters of Charity, treated her badly after Saint Catherine told him about her visions and wanted to get rid of her. Saint Catherine insisted that the Miraculous Medal be made and said that the Blessed Mother told her to tell him that She would be very disappointed if one of Her priests was disobeying Her. Even though Father Aladel treated her very badly and frequently abused her verbally, she did not retreat in her perseverance but continued to urge him to fulfill what the