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Dear Father,

The Miraculous Medal has been a profound blessing to my family. I had faith, but I never expected to experience a miracle. I never felt worthy. Nonetheless, I prayed a lot, but it was in the spirit of acceptance of whatever came.

I was given two small and unique medals at my church. When my mother died, I placed one in her grave in the hope that it would help her pass into grace.

About two years later, my father had a severe heart attack. I stayed at the hospital the first night, and in the middle of the night, I woke with a feeling of panic. I felt a compulsion to go to my father in the cardio unit where he was on full life support. Rationalizing, I attributed it to the stress of the day’s events. After all, my brother was in the unit with my dad, as we had decided to sit with him in shifts. I was supposed to be resting up for my watch, so I made myself go back to sleep.

I don’t know how much time had passed when someone came into the room where I had been waiting. He flipped on the overhead light and walked through the room. I awoke suddenly. I was in a place I wasn’t supposed to be. I was in a counseling room close to the unit. I wanted to be close so I could get to the unit quickly if needed.

At this point, I was so wide-awake that I decided to go relieve my brother. When I arrived at my father’s unit, my brother was sound asleep in a chair beside the bed. Something was wrong with my father’s IV, and he was bleeding. There was a plate-sized puddle of blood on his bed.

I notified the nurses and woke up my brother. He felt horrible that he had fallen asleep. We left the unit while the staff did their work. I noticed something on the floor. I thought it was an earring. I picked it up and found it was a Miraculous Medal, just like the one I buried with my mother. I left it in the unit with my prayers for others who may need Mary’s intervention.

This has changed my life forever. Since then, I have become so much more aware of God’s hand in everyday activities, and I have a profound sense of peace in my heart. I am so thankful for this amazing gift from the Queen of Heaven.