When the Blessed Mother appeared to Saint Catherine Laboure in 1830 she requested that a medal be struck to her specifications. The resulting medal, though not exactly what the Blessed Mother had asked for, became the Miraculous Medal. Heaven knew the time would come for this phase of the medal and The Fullness of Time is Now The technology to strike the medal to the Blessed Mother's original specifications was not available in the 19th century. However,...