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Our Lady of Grace
Hand-painted resin
SIS-0022
€60
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Quantity
In stock, ready to post
The measure
- Height
- 24″ · 60 cm
Hand-painted resin · 60 cm
Made to order
Would you like this statue in the exact size you need — or something else entirely? Whatever you want carved in marble, send it to us.
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Dust with a dry, soft cloth, and a dry soft brush for the folds and the face. For a mark, a barely damp cloth and nothing else — solvents, scouring creams and household sprays lift hand-painted detail and it cannot be repainted to match. Keep it out of long direct sunlight, which fades the colours over the years. Made for indoors. If you want this figure for a garden or a grotto, ask us — pieces meant to stand outside are finished differently.
Delivery
Posted anywhere in Ireland for €15.
If it arrives damaged, we replace it — shipping & returns.
About this piece
Our Lady of Grace in the pose of the Miraculous Medal — arms lowered and open, a blue mantle edged and patterned in gold, standing on the clouds with roses at her feet. Hand-painted resin at 60 cm, a size for a shelf, a sill or a bedroom altar.
St Catherine Labouré was shown this image at the Rue du Bac in Paris in 1830 and told to have a medal struck from it. The rays, she was told, are the graces given to those who ask for them; the stones that give no light are the graces nobody thought to ask for.
The devotion
Most Irish people have carried this image without thinking of it as a statue at all: it is the figure on the Miraculous Medal, pinned inside a coat, threaded on a rosary or pressed into a child’s hand before an exam. The statue simply lets the medal stand up in the room. Its feast, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, is kept on 27 November.
There is a Dublin thread to it as well. When Frank Duff and the first members of the Legion of Mary met in Myra House on 7 September 1921, the little altar on their table had at its centre a statue of the Immaculate Conception of the Miraculous Medal type — and the altar set up at every Legion praesidium meeting is still built around that same figure.
The open, lowered hands are the whole meaning of it. They are not raised in blessing or joined in prayer; they are giving. It is an image to pray before when you do not quite know what to ask for.
Where it suits
In painted resin the blue and gold read clearly across a small room, which makes this the figure we would suggest for a bedroom altar, a child’s room, a kitchen windowsill out of the sun, or the table a Legion of Mary praesidium sets up each week. It is made for indoors, so keep it inside, away from long direct sunlight.
If you want the same image for a garden or a church, look at the marble Our Lady of Grace, which is carved for outdoors.
Questions
- Is this statue marble or resin?
- Hand-painted resin. It is light enough to lift with one hand and is painted in colour; there is also a hand-carved marble Our Lady of Grace, which is unpainted stone.
- Is this the same image as the Miraculous Medal?
- Yes — Our Lady standing with her hands lowered and open, as St Catherine Labouré was shown it in Paris in 1830. Our Lady of Grace and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal are two names for this pose.
- Would it suit a Legion of Mary praesidium altar?
- The Legion’s altar is traditionally centred on a statue of the Immaculate Conception of the Miraculous Medal type, which is the pose of this figure. If you are not sure about the size for your table, ask us and we will measure it for you.
- How is it delivered?
- Hand-painted resin is posted to any address in Ireland at one flat rate per order, however many pieces are in it, and you get a tracking link by email when it leaves us. You can also collect it free in Termonbarry, Co. Roscommon, arranged with Thomas on WhatsApp. If it arrives damaged, send us a photograph within 48 hours and we replace or refund it — see shipping & returns.
