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When it’s finally sunny outside, and you’re feeling yourself a little -too- much for your dynamic.
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“Mary, in the course of history, has not failed to show her motherly care for the little ones…think of…Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta of Fatima.” -St. John Paul II Dollsfromheaven.com
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Mary’s second outfit is based on one of the apparitions of Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Fatima. A story that will teach children the love for prayer, especially the Holy Rosary.
http://www.dollsfromheaven.com/blog/meet-our-new-doll
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Immaculatum Cor Mariae
We now turn to you and knock at the door of your heart. We are your beloved children. In every age you make yourself known to us, calling us to conversion. At this dark hour, help us and grant us your comfort. Say to us once more: “Am I not here, I who am your Mother?”. You are able to untie the knots of our hearts and of our times. In you we place our trust. We are confident that, especially in moments of trial, you will not be deaf to our supplication and will come to our aid.
- Part of the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for Ukraine and Russia said today at the basilica of St. Peter in Rome by pope Francis and in Catholic churches and cathedrals around the world.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
Father Patrick Moore and Our Lady of Fatima
Father Patrick Moore, of the Scarborough Foreign Mission, sits next to the World Pilgrim Statue of our Lady of Fatima en route to the Port of Spain, Trinidad where he will begin his 20th trip around the world in his 32nd year of travel. Father Moore will continue to carry the statue uncovered by land, sea, and air as a Symbol of Peace around the world until 1982. (Photo by Bettmann)
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Our Lady of Fatima
Charles Bosseron Chambers
Gilbert Hernandez: Fatima: The Blood Spinners (2014)
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Our Lady of Fatima
Feast day: May 13
On May 13th, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to 3 Portuguese children in the small town of Fatima. She appeared six times and identified Herself as “Our Lady of the Rosary”, asking that they pray the rosary daily for the conversion of sinners. Mary also spoke of observing first Saturdays, devotion to her Immaculate Heart, and the conversion of Russia. During the final apparition, the dance of the sun took place in front of 70,000 people.
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The Hamsa is a kabbalistic amulet and as an important symbol in Jewish art. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact time when Hamsa emerged in Jewish culture, though it is clearly a symbol of Sephardic nature. Jews might have used the Hamsa to invoke the hand of God, or to counteract the Evil Eye with the eye embedded in the palm of the hand. Some Hamsas contain images of fish, in accordance with Rabbi Yose son of Hanina’s statement in the Talmud that the descendants of Joseph, who received Jacob’s blessing of multiplying like fish in Genesis 48:16, are protected from the Evil Eye like fish. He explains: “the water covers the fish of the sea so the eye has no power over them (Berakhot 55b).”Other icons besides eyes and fish have also found their way into the Hamsa, including the Star of David, prayers for the traveler, the Shema, the blessing over the house, and the colors of red and blue, both of which are said to thwart the Evil Eye.The symbol of the hand, and often of priestly hands, appears in kabbalistic manuscripts and amulets, doubling as the letter shin, the first letter of the divine name Shaddai. This mapping of the human hand over the divine name and hand might have had the effect of creating a bridge between the worshipper and God.
