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Medal of Notre Dame de la Bonne Garde - (Our Lady of Good Guard)Also Known asOur Lady of Safe Custody or Our Lady of Good Counsel |
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This medal is in strict agreement with the revelations received by Marie-Julie Jahenny in the course of several ecstasies and recalls the special devotion that this pious stigmatist devoted to the veneration of the Cross and to the Very Holy Virgin whom she implored so often at the foot of the ancient statue of Our Lady of Good Counsel.
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History of the Statue
In 1268, the Count and Countess of Blois made a vow to establish a monastery of Clarisses in Coulanges, near Blois. The following year, on a pile of stones and thorns, a flame of fire appeared to shepherds who kept their flocks at the site called La Guiche (Small Strap). The appearance would last several days. To get warm, they would run toward this flame, but having arrived at the spot of the apparition of the fire, they found neither warmth nor brightness. The Count and the Countess, having been informed, thought that God was manifesting to them thus the site where they were obliged to build the promised monastery. Removing from the site a pile of stones, brambles and thorns, they found an arch of stone which, when exposed, caused them to discover a statue of Our Lady, the origin of which they were ignorant. The Count took custody of the statue and while awaiting the completion of the monastery kept it with dignity and devotion. The main altar of the monastery was constructed at the site where the statue was found. The monastery was completed and instituted on August 5, 1273, on the feast of Our Lady of the Snows, and the miraculous statue was solemnly erected and placed on the main altar. There the statue remained for over 500 years. At the time of the French Revolution, by a providential intervention, this precious statue left the Monastery of La Guiche and was successively kept in the homes of many families in the region of Tours until 1878. It is at that time that a pious person who had custody of it had the clear perception that God was asking her to sever herself from it and to have it sent to La Fraudais, to Marie-Julie Jahenny, who would know better to pray to Our Lady. Immediately, in the course of the ecstasy of November 28, 1878, the Very Holy Virgin revealed the origin of the Statue in these terms:
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The Text of the Verse
The text was asked by the Most Blessed Mother herself, following the arrival of Her Statue to Marie-Julie in November 1878. In effect, a little time afterward, wanting to help Her children of the Earth for the very difficult times that would come, our Sweet Mother of Heaven, in the ecstasy of August 16, 1880, offered this:
According to Marie-Julie, "The Most Blessed Mother wears this medal on Her Heart and I read it very well, She shows it to me: It is round and white." The Blessed Mother adds:
Ejaculatory prayer that invites one to venerate the Holy Cross by the example of Marie-Julie Jahenny, and to often repeat this prayer revealed by Our Lord during the ecstasy of January 27, 1922:
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Image of Our Lady of Good Guard/Our Lady of Good Counsel
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The Medal of Our Mother of Good Guard(imported from France) Also known as the Medal of Our Lady of Good CounselThis medal is in strict agreement with the revelations received by Marie-Julie in the course of several ecstasies and recalls the special devotion that this pious stigmatist devoted to the veneration of the Cross and to the Very Holy Virgin whom she implored so often at the foot of the ancient statue of the Notre Dame de la Bonne Garde - which means Our Lady of Good Protection - and the medal has come to be known as the medal of Our Mother of Good Counsel.
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Silver Plated - English Explanation
$2.25 |
Silver Plated - Spanish Explanation
$2.25 |
Sterling Silver
- English Explanation
$32.00 |
Gold Plated- English Explanation
$32.00 |
Sterling Silver - English Explanation - $32.00 |
Gold Plated - English Explanation - $32.00 |
Sterling Silver - Spanish Explanation - $32.00 |
Gold Plated - Spanish Explanation - $32.00 |