Blog católico. / Catholic blog dedicated to St. Michael Archangel. Let's never forget how important is God in our lives and in this world! ❤️
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“Only a man who lives not in time but in the present is happy.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein, Notebooks, 1914-1916
Out of your charity, please pray for Florida.
Please never stop praying for everyone, especially for those who are apart from God, for those who don't care about Him or that just think He's an invented thing. Many of them are just lost in this world and in need of help. Let's pray so that God embraces their souls and helps them feel the need to approach Him.
Nowadays, people can't even understand the importance of marriage through the catholic church and think it's just some celebration that can be avoided. We're losing the values and morals we used to have in the past. We need to pray more and more.
This month of October, especially, I ask you all, brothers and sisters, please pray especially for the terrible celebration of october 31... because you guys know all the horrid stuff people do to offer to the devil... Let's pray for all people and for the animals so that God protect them all.
Blessings to you all.
"Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Pray for Us!" #SaintoftheDay
📷Jesus and St Margaret Mary Alacoque / © sedmak via #GettyImages. #Catholic_Priest #CatholicPriestMedia
Fav fun facts I learned about the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe recently:
Under blacklight, the image shows no indication of either underpainting/drawing or even brushstrokes, suggesting the image came about all at once.
The image itself is iridescent.
The image is not actually on the tilma- the image 'hovers' about .3 mm above the fabric. This was measured with lasers, btw.
Deliberate attempts to damage or vandalize the image have consistently failed, including a literal bomb hidden within a pot of flowers placed directly beneath the image. The altar, much of the structure around the image and all the windows were destroyed. The image remained unscathed.
The image AND the tilma also seem to...regenerate? Somehow. The tilma is like not showing any signs of degrading despite how old it is. Max weird, I love this bit.
She's in the very last stage of pregnancy, like any-day-now kinda pregnant in the image.
The stars on her veil are an accurate depiction of the constellations in the sky at the time of the image's appearance, from the perspective of looking towards her original position, at a 45° angle from the ground.
This arrangement of the constellations also places Corona Borealis at her head, Virgo at her chest, and Leo at her womb.
Her eyes reflect the view of the room she appeared in, with accurate perspective and parallax.
Her appearance is that of a mestiza.
There are a few theories about why she's named for Guadalupe, which originally referred to a pre-dating image of Our Lady. It's likely meant to be representative of the blending of the spanish and native mexican cultures, but my favorite theory is that it's a spanish interpretation of a nahuatl word: Coātlaxopueh, which means One Who Crushes the Serpent. Which is badass. (Personally, I think both of these things are true).
God made Man found His liberty in seeing Himself imprisoned in her womb. He made His omnipotence shine forth in letting Himself be carried by that humble maiden. He found His glory and His Father's in hiding His splendors from all creatures here below, and revealing them to Mary only. He glorified His independence and His majesty in depending on that sweet Virgin in His conception, in His birth, in His presentation at the temple, in His hidden life of thirty years, and even in His death, whee she was to be present in order that He might make with Her but one same sacrifice and be immolated to the Eternal Father by her consent, just as Isaac of old was offered by Abraham's consent to the will of God. It is she who nourished Him, supported Him, brought Him up and then sacrificed Him for us.
-St Louis de Montfort
Because I live, you will also live.
John 14:19
Kościół pw. Św. Mikołaja, Chrzanów, Poland
Gustave Brion, Jesus and Peter on the water (Jesus et Pierre sur les eaux), 1863
