merci ma mere -- thank you, my Mother

merci ma mere
Originally uploaded by alxindia.

this is a shot of one of the hundreds and hundreds of such small plaques that line the entry-way and the whole interior around the altar of the church of the Miraculous Medal, in Paris.

(see the entry, just earlier, titled "the Divine Mother in Paris" for details.)

you can literally feel the gratitude, even after decades, pouring off the walls through these small plaques, these small acknowledgements of miraculous healings and relief to so many people.