The Easter lily pictured on our Memorial card is a Christian symbol of the triumph of life over death. Recently, I learned these flowers have also been called “white-robed apostles of hope.”     

A beautiful image! An apostle is someone sent on a mission. We are all called to be missionaries of hope in Jesus. Our words can comfort someone facing loss, encourage their trust in God, and help them abide in the confident expectation that life will prevail over death.     

Request a Memorial Remembrance Card to send to someone who has recently lost a loved one or will soon mark the anniversary of their passing. This card offers a spiritual remembrance of the deceased in the daily Mass and prayers at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal for one year.     

By using this card, you become an apostle of hope.

You will also help share the motherly concern of Our Blessed Mother with them in a special way.     

Send me the names of the departed loved ones. This gift of prayerful remembrance will not only console and comfort someone you love, it will also offer a gift of great spiritual value to someone they love.     

To add to your memorial remembrance, you may also burn a Votive Light at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal for the deceased person and intentions of the bereaved.      

Any charitable gift will support the mission of the Association of the Miraculous Medal: to draw all people closer to Jesus through increased devotion to Our Blessed Mother.     

Let us continue in every way possible to be apostles of hope in our world, which is so badly in need of prayer at this time. May God bless you for the solace and spiritual care you offer someone in their time of need. And may Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, watch over and comfort you always.                                                            

Sincerely in Jesus and Mary,                                                                                                                     

Fr. Clayton Kilburn, C.M.                                                            
Spiritual Director  

P.S. You may request additional Memorial Remembrance Cards by calling us at 1-800-264-6279, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CT. Or, order through AMM’s website at www.amm.org.

How much can your gesture of comfort mean? Recently, an Association member shared her gratitude for AMM’s remembrance on the first anniversary of her husband’s passing.     

“It is hard to express just how much your words of comfort and support meant to me during the most difficult time in my life. Losing my husband has been unbelievably hard. We had an amazing 66 years of marriage before he died in March of 2023 … My family and I are still struggling from day to day, but I was comforted and encouraged by your kindness … ”

May God bless the ones you love through
your gift of the Memorial Remembrance Card.