{"product_id":"mary-your-friend-necklace","title":"Mary, Your Friend Necklace","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary, Your Friend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmaculate Heart of Mary Necklace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMary, Your Friend Immaculate Heart of Mary Necklace\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA mother. An intercessor. A faithful friend who always points us toward her Son.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary's story is not the story of someone distant from ordinary human life. She was a woman who trusted God without knowing exactly where His plan would take her. She became a mother, experienced joy and uncertainty, searched anxiously for her child, watched her Son fulfill His mission, and remained near Him even at the Cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScripture gives us a beautiful glimpse into Mary's interior life: she kept what she experienced with Jesus and \u003cstrong\u003epondered it in her heart.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat heart is what this medal represents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eImmaculate Heart of Mary\u003c\/strong\u003e symbolizes Mary's maternal love, her devotion to Jesus, her holiness and her participation in the mission of her Son. Devotion to her heart became especially widespread through Saint John Eudes in the 17th century and received renewed importance through the message of Fatima beginning in 1917. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut perhaps the most beautiful part of Mary's story comes at the Cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Jesus entrusted Mary and the beloved disciple to one another \u003cstrong\u003e“Behold, your mother”\u003c\/strong\u003e Catholic tradition understands Mary's motherhood as extending beyond that moment at Calvary. Saint John Paul II described her as mother of those redeemed by Christ and spoke of turning to her maternal love as a path that ultimately leads us closer to Jesus.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAnd that is why we call this piece \u003cstrong\u003eMary, Your Friend.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot because Mary replaces Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBecause she knows Him.\u003cbr\u003eBecause she loves Him.\u003cbr\u003eBecause she followed Him.\u003cbr\u003eAnd because her heart continually points toward Him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can come to Mary with the things you carry in your own heart your fears, your children, your family, your uncertainty, your gratitude, your prayers and the moments when you simply don't know what to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe understands what it means to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe understands what it means to trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe understands what it means to remain faithful through suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary is our mother in faith, our intercessor and a friend who accompanies us toward Christ.\u003c\/strong\u003e That welcoming idea is exactly what I want this necklace to communicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy This Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe round medal portrays Mary with her Immaculate Heart, turning a centuries-old devotion into something that can be carried close every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWear it as a reminder:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou have a Mother.\u003cbr\u003eYou have someone to ask for prayer.\u003cbr\u003eYou have someone whose life teaches you how to say yes to God.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd you have a friend whose direction is always toward Jesus.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Vatican describes devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart ultimately in relationship to Christ: Mary's maternal love and intercession bring the faithful toward her Son. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA meaningful choice for a daughter, mother, grandmother, godmother or close friend; for First Communion or Confirmation; for someone returning to their faith; for someone experiencing a difficult season; for someone devoted to Mary; or simply for yourself as an everyday reminder that \u003cstrong\u003eyou do not walk your journey of faith alone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign:\u003c\/strong\u003e Immaculate Heart of Mary Medal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14K Gold Filled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedal Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\" × 7\/8\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChain:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold Filled French Rope Chain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChain Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lobster Claw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade in USA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary, Your Friend.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove her. 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