Our Lady of Kevelaer, venerated under the Latin title *Consolatrix Afflictorum* (Comforter of the Afflicted), is a Marian devotion centered on a small copperplate engraving measuring just 7.5 by 11 centimeters. The image originates from Luxembourg, where it was produced during the plague epidemic of 1623 as a devotional print depicting the crowned Virgin Mary in a flowing protective mantle, holding the Christ Child who grasps a globe, with a scepter in her hand. The image came to Kevelaer in 1642 through extraordinary circumstances. The traveling merchant Hendrik Busman heard a mysterious voice near a wayside cross in December 1641 commanding him to build a chapel at that spot. When his wife Mechel had a vision of a chapel containing this exact image—which Hessian soldiers had earlier tried to sell her—she sought out the soldiers and purchased the print. It was enshrined on June 1, 1642, and miracles were reported almost immediately. The inscription on the original print reads: *"A faithful portrayal of the Mother of Jesus, The Comforter of the Sad and Distressed, renowned for miracles and worshiped by many people."* Pope Leo XIII issued a decree for the coronation of the image on July 20, 1890, with the solemn coronation taking place on June 1, 1892—the 250th anniversary of the image's enshrinement. **Feast Day:** September 8 (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary) **Patronage:** Those who suffer, the afflicted, pilgrims seeking consolation