Let us state here that we do not ascribe any unknown or hidden power to the Medal, a power which the superstitious ascribe to their charms.  We know wherein its power lies, and we protest that the graces and favors are due, not to the gold or the silver, the brass or aluminum of the Medal, but to our faith in the merits of Christ crucified, to the efficacious prayers of the holy Father St. Benedict, and to the blessing which the holy Church bestows upon the Medal and upon those who wear it.  This Medal excludes every power of influence which is not from above.

Through the pious use of the Medal of St. Benedict thousands of miracles and wonderful cures have been obtained.  We would here mention that in the last few years we have received a number of letters relating most remarkable cures and extraordinary favors obtained by the devout use of the said Medal.  It is, indeed, edifying to see how the faithful love and venerate this highly blessed Medal and how anxious they are to obtain this holy article, which has proved to be a remedy for almost every evil.

The Medal of St. Benedict is powerful to award of all dangers of body and should coming from the evil spirit.  We are exposed to the wicked assaults of the devil day and night.  St. Peters says, “Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8).  In the life of St. Benedict we see how the devil tried to do harm to his soul and body, and also to his spiritual children.  Father Paul of Moll, saintly Flemish Benedictine wonder-worker (1824-1896), frustrated the evil doings of the spirit of darkness chiefly through the use of the Medal of St. Benedict, which has proved a most powerfully protection against the snares and delusions of the old enemy.  Missionaries in pagan lands use this Medal with so great effect that is has been given the remarkable name, “The devil-chasing Medal.”

The Medal is, therefore, a powerful means:

• To destroy witchcraft and all other diabolical influences.
  To keep away the spells of magician, of wicked and evil-minded persons.
  To impart protection to persons tempted, deluded or tormented by evil spirits.
  To obtain the conversion of sinners, especially when they are in danger of death.
  To serve as an armor in temptations against holy purity.
  To destroy the effects of poison.
  To secure a timely and healthy birth for children.
  To afford protection against storms and lightening.
  To sever as an efficacious remedy for bodily afflictions and a means of protection against contagious diseases.

Finally, the Medal has often been used with admirable effect even for animals infected with plague or other maladies, and for fields when invaded by harmful insects.

Originally published in 1910 b the Benedictine Convent of Clyde, Missouri as part of the book Father Paul of Moll: A Flemish Benedictine and Wonder-Worker of the Nineteenth Century, by Edward van Speybrouck.

Nihil Obstat: Frowinus, Abbas Neo-Angelo Montanus
Imprimatur: +Mauritius, Episcopus Sancti Josephi, St. Joseph, Missouri, March 4, 1910