Sister it couldn t have happened declared the priest It was all a dream like the other time But Sister Catherine shook her head with childlike confidence Oh no Father I see the Blessed Virgin as plainly as I see you And she wants the medal made right away so people can wear it and start receiving graces Father Aladel just could not believe that Our Lady was appearing to Sister Catherine Laboure and asking for a medal to be made too Why Sister Catherine was only a novice Forget the whole thing he told her Just say your prayers and try to be like the other Sisters Catherine obediently tried to forget but then the Blessed Mother came again And again she asked for the Medal to be made Would Our Lady s request ever be granted Would Fr Aladel ever believe she had really come And what were the great graces she had promised to those who wore the Medal with confidence This book shows what happened also telling about Catherine s second mother about ob