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Image: The Last Judgement Wednesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time Today's Mass Readings Saint of the Day: St. Catherine Laboure More on St. Catherine Laboure here. Video: St. Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal "Oh, how beautiful it will be to hear it said: Mary is Queen of the universe. That will be a time of peace, joy and happiness which will be long... She will be borne like a banner and will make a tour of the world.” The Virgin foretold that this time would come only after “the entire world will be in sadness... Afterwards, peace.” ~ from St. Catherine's writings recounting the apparitions On This Day in Catholic History: 741 Pope Gregory III died. 1095 - On the last day of the Council of Clermont , Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land. Today's Birthdays: 1757 - William Blake , British poet (d. 1827) 1853 - Helen Magill White , first Americ...

Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, we unite ourselves to you under your title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. May this medal be for each one of us a sure sign of your motherly affection for us and a constant reminder of our filial duties towards you. While wearing it, may we be blessed by your loving protection and preserved in the grace of your Son. Most powerful Virgin, Mother of our Savior, keep us close to you every moment of our lives so that like you we may live and act according to the teaching and example of your Son. Obtain for us, your children, the grace of a happy death so that in union with you we may enjoy the happiness of heaven forever. Amen. V: O Mary, conceived without sin, R: Pray for us who have recourse to you.