tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post4866919916998769241..comments2023-10-14T08:37:11.192-07:00Comments on Round Circle: Our Lady of Perpetual HelpSpadomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-8682036483650533802010-12-02T02:33:58.332-08:002010-12-02T02:33:58.332-08:00Thank you all for visiting here and for your beaut...Thank you all for visiting here and for your beautiful comments. My Mother would also be proud of me that I have such wonderful friends, (and that they all love Our Lady).<br />I won't be back until next week, but I'll get Virgin a Day posts in for the last 6 days of this Virgin business. Please make your way back here, I have some excitement planned.<br /><br />Peace.Spadomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-13882635729572891662010-12-01T21:24:13.459-08:002010-12-01T21:24:13.459-08:00A beautiful tribute to Guadalupe and to your mom w...A beautiful tribute to Guadalupe and to your mom who I am sure would be proud of you regardless. Wonderful information too, Joe. I am very familiar with the feast days as I was raised Catholic although I am no longer practicing. I love the Guadalupe you posted on Sunday. I had a look at it. Wow! Simply splendid!<br />Have a safe journey to D.C. and back.<br />Peace,<br />NoelleNoelle Clearwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879264907115107737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-56576370444092554572010-12-01T18:41:19.196-08:002010-12-01T18:41:19.196-08:00There are a lot of saints days in Portugal, though...There are a lot of saints days in Portugal, though the old traditions I recall as a young child are dying out in all but the smallest of towns. I recall bonfires in the street and roasting chestnuts, laughing, dancing and eating. Vaguely. Growing up in a western Mass town with a huge Portuguese population, there is an annual candlelight procession to the site where Our Lady of Fatima is located. That is way more solemn, of course. :-) Not at all sure which saint the bonfire party of my childhood was associated with. <br /><br />As it turns out, born in a highly Catholic country and growing up in a very Catholic town in the U.S., my father was essentially an Atheist who started to turn soft as he aged. My mother believed in Jesus and Mary and the Saints but she only attended church for weddings and baptisms and such. <br /><br />Okay. Now that I've given my whole religious biography! I'm done. Sorry to ramble on. :-)<br /><br />Peace,<br />GinaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-87552496216170607222010-12-01T16:29:11.554-08:002010-12-01T16:29:11.554-08:00Ah, I learned a lot from your post and am looking ...Ah, I learned a lot from your post and am looking forward to learning even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-18383002528838534332010-12-01T14:51:15.770-08:002010-12-01T14:51:15.770-08:00Yes, your mother is BEAMING at you right now! Than...Yes, your mother is BEAMING at you right now! Thanks for all the links. I have yet to make it to the Camino Del Real, but plan to. Most likely in 2011.<br />Images of saints became a practice during the Renaissance era. It isn't at all about idolatry as many would like to think. The image is an exemplary-a visual reminder to be more like that saint. We humans need constant reminders and religious art serves that purpose. It gives one something more 'concrete' to latch on to.<br />You are off to a great start! Thanks for all the info!Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358261311454047999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-44204339087222244192010-12-01T12:21:19.540-08:002010-12-01T12:21:19.540-08:00GodSpeed! I LOVE your mother's name, soOOOOooo...GodSpeed! I LOVE your mother's name, soOOOOooo pretty! I'm glad YOU are making her happy today with the Virgin business! hehe I LOVE embroidery soOOOo I'll be coming back later to click onto that embroidery and other links too!! Thank YOU!turquoise crohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873392444199186644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-67580693199527037542010-12-01T11:25:38.336-08:002010-12-01T11:25:38.336-08:00tending to this virgin business...too funny.
Once...tending to this virgin business...too funny.<br /><br />Once again you have regaled us with this wealth of information so much from you heart...I love that your mother would be have been so happy to see this.<br /><br />I am a little jewish girl who has had a long fascination with this virgin business :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163848048048193138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-28594697719802861112010-12-01T11:08:08.985-08:002010-12-01T11:08:08.985-08:00What a beautiful embroidery! And I know your mama ...What a beautiful embroidery! And I know your mama is smiling and saying, "Such a good boy!" <br /><br />I didn't grow up Catholic. We Protestants didn't feel much saintly influence except in how we chose to name churches: St. Mark's Cathedral, an Episcopal place in Seattle on Capitol Hill, comes to mind. And I always felt like in the Christian religion I grew up in and the Jewish roots from which it sprang, women were something of an afterthought. They were necessary as obedient wives and mothers, but inconvenient otherwise.<br /><br />The female saints, virgins or not, just go to prove you can't keep a good woman down.Merihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-30725514245300443472010-12-01T06:54:29.860-08:002010-12-01T06:54:29.860-08:00ooooh! I'm looking forward to more of these
(...ooooh! I'm looking forward to more of these<br /><br />(-:<br /><br />(love the emroidery!)<br /><br />travel safe<br /><br />Xenglish inukshukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11837926498247135299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-27841172218196304232010-12-01T06:31:08.679-08:002010-12-01T06:31:08.679-08:00i love your post here. every word and detail. i lo...i love your post here. every word and detail. i love your mother, through you,<br /> Carmelina Rosa Caruso Spado.<br /><br />already, with or without religion,<br />we are in the state of honoring, reflecting.<br />already...this simple idea of sharing, is a blessing.<br /><br />travel safe friend.<br />i look forward to your return. and the stories you will so generously share.<br /><br />warmly,<br />rebeccarebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265802752790310923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-67975915255333402372010-12-01T05:27:36.558-08:002010-12-01T05:27:36.558-08:00As a non-Catholic, although I went to Mass many ma...As a non-Catholic, although I went to Mass many many times with my best friend growing up - her family was not so much into the Virgin - the icons - and all that - I'm afraid the whole thing is just a curious religious practice to me - not much different than the Sphinx etc. I have seen a number of sites whose owners are fascinated even if they lack the faith. I suppose there must be a connection with some people regardless.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320507412459242451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3807994396764212014.post-36978255591834083132010-12-01T04:02:35.807-08:002010-12-01T04:02:35.807-08:00Yup--I'm thinking your mama is pretty proud. ...Yup--I'm thinking your mama is pretty proud. But I'm thinking that's true overall.<br /><br />What a lovely tribute and what a pretty piece of artwork. <br />I can't say I know much of the Saints--a bit here and there of a few I've managed to cross paths with (figuratively, of course). Some of the practices they brought forward are excellent disciplines.<br /><br />I hope your journey is a safe one--and that the weather holds out. Lovely weather that it's been! ;-)<br /><br />Be safe, stay well, sir!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.com