The Medal of Saint Benedict

its long been used as a means of fostering and expressing religious devotion. The medal is intended as a means of reminding us of God and of stirring up in us a ready willingness and desire to serve God and our neighbor. With this understanding we reject any use of it as if it were a mere charm or had some magic power to bring good luck or better health. Such is not the Christian attitude. That is not to say that devotion to God with attention to the medal is not a source of great help and power. Whoever wears this Medal with devotion, trusting in the life-giving power, may expect the powerful protection of the great patriarch of Western Monasticism in spiritual and temporal need.