Who is our lady of olives

I want to remind everyone that the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy issued by the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments in addresses the use of medals, particularly those of Our Lady:. The faithful like to wear medals bearing effigies of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These are a witness of faith and a sign of veneration of the Holy Mother of God, as well as of trust in her maternal protection. The Church blesses such objects of Marian devotion in the belief that "they help to remind the faithful of the love of God, and to increase trust in the Blessed Virgin Mary" The Church also points out that devotion to the Mother of Christ also requires "a coherent witness of life" Here is a bit of the history of this sacramental:.

In a pleasant valley of France there lies a little city where by the favor of God lightning never falls. This favor, unique in the world, dates back to the time when the church of Murat Cantal was burned by lightning except for a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. In , and ever since, the town has been named Our Lady of Olives. The Virgin Mary is the Olive recalled in the scriptures Sirach By virtue of the Medallion of Our Lady of Olives, the persons who carry it are preserved from lightning wherever they may be during a storm.

A: In a pleasant valley of France there lies a little city where by the favor of God lightning never falls. This favor, unique in the world, dates back to the time when the church of Murat Cantal was burned by lightning except for a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. In , and ever since, the town has been named Our Lady of Olives. By virtue of the Medallion of Our Lady of Olives, the persons who carry it are preserved from lightning wherever they may be during a storm.

It is a privilege attached to the medallion which bears the unique name in the annals of the church, "Our Lady of Olives. This marvelous way of being protected against lightning deserves to be known throughout the world and ought to be extended to the four corners of the universe. The second privilege of the Medallion is to protect, in an unmistakable manner, women who are about to become mothers and to assist them in the hour of deliverance.

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