Our Lady of Chiquinquirá July 9 Aleteia on Mar 23, 2012 Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Queen and Patroness of Columbia. Chiquinquirá, which means "land of fog and swamps", is located in the Department …More
Our Lady of Chiquinquirá July 9
Aleteia on Mar 23, 2012 Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Queen and Patroness of Columbia. Chiquinquirá, which means "land of fog and swamps", is located in the Department of Boyacá, in the Andes, more than 2,000 meters above sea level.The history of the shrine is connected to a painting of the Virgin Mary and dates back to 1560. Before being sold to a private individual, the painting had been commissioned by the Spanish Dominicans, with the intention of encouraging the faith of the Native Americans and the colonists. It was displayed in a chapel, and with the passing of time, the painting deteriorated; in the end, only the frame with a very faded image of the Virgin Mary was left hanging on the wall.Several years later, the image of the Virgin Mary reappeared as if it had been restored, and thus began the series of miracles that followed, which were attributed to Mary. The miracle of "the recovered image" is the name given to the first miracle of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá.The Virgin is depicted on a linen canvas, a little more than 2 meters wide. The frame contains plaques that reproduce the national coat of arms, as well as those of the Columbian dioceses of the Dominican Fathers. The canvas was made by the Koka Native Americans.The eyes of the Virgin Mary are half-opened, and her face is turned toward her Son. The Child has in His right hand a thread, which is attached to a small bird's foot. Mary has on a white veil and is holding a coral rosary in her left hand. Two figures stand at her side: the Apostle St. Andrew and St. Anthony of Padua.The painting of the Virgin belongs to a type called "Odigitria", that is, where Mary is holding and pointing to the Child Jesus. It is one of Columbian art's oldest pieces from the colonial period, and inaugurated a new iconographic style of painting Our Lady of the Rosary.For more than 450 years, this linen canvas has survived much mishandling. It is believed that it was even used to dry wheat out in the sun. Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is also honored in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and in Guatemala.On some occasions, the painting of Mary was brought to the city of Bogotá, located 100 km to the south, to ask God for peace or to bring an end to an epidemic. The last time the painting was moved in this manner was in 1999.The Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is entrusted to the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominican Order. Pope John Paul II visited this shrine in 1986.Prayer:Oh incomparable Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, Mother of God, Queen of the Angels, advocate of sinners, refuge and consolation of the afflicted.Holy Mary, full of power and kindness, look benevolently upon us and assist us in all the difficult situations that we face. www.mariedenazareth.com
Aleteia on Mar 23, 2012 Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Queen and Patroness of Columbia. Chiquinquirá, which means "land of fog and swamps", is located in the Department of Boyacá, in the Andes, more than 2,000 meters above sea level.The history of the shrine is connected to a painting of the Virgin Mary and dates back to 1560. Before being sold to a private individual, the painting had been commissioned by the Spanish Dominicans, with the intention of encouraging the faith of the Native Americans and the colonists. It was displayed in a chapel, and with the passing of time, the painting deteriorated; in the end, only the frame with a very faded image of the Virgin Mary was left hanging on the wall.Several years later, the image of the Virgin Mary reappeared as if it had been restored, and thus began the series of miracles that followed, which were attributed to Mary. The miracle of "the recovered image" is the name given to the first miracle of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá.The Virgin is depicted on a linen canvas, a little more than 2 meters wide. The frame contains plaques that reproduce the national coat of arms, as well as those of the Columbian dioceses of the Dominican Fathers. The canvas was made by the Koka Native Americans.The eyes of the Virgin Mary are half-opened, and her face is turned toward her Son. The Child has in His right hand a thread, which is attached to a small bird's foot. Mary has on a white veil and is holding a coral rosary in her left hand. Two figures stand at her side: the Apostle St. Andrew and St. Anthony of Padua.The painting of the Virgin belongs to a type called "Odigitria", that is, where Mary is holding and pointing to the Child Jesus. It is one of Columbian art's oldest pieces from the colonial period, and inaugurated a new iconographic style of painting Our Lady of the Rosary.For more than 450 years, this linen canvas has survived much mishandling. It is believed that it was even used to dry wheat out in the sun. Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is also honored in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and in Guatemala.On some occasions, the painting of Mary was brought to the city of Bogotá, located 100 km to the south, to ask God for peace or to bring an end to an epidemic. The last time the painting was moved in this manner was in 1999.The Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is entrusted to the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominican Order. Pope John Paul II visited this shrine in 1986.Prayer:Oh incomparable Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, Mother of God, Queen of the Angels, advocate of sinners, refuge and consolation of the afflicted.Holy Mary, full of power and kindness, look benevolently upon us and assist us in all the difficult situations that we face. www.mariedenazareth.com
Thursday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time
Book of Genesis 44:18-21.23b-29.45:1-5.
Judah approached Joseph and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak earnestly to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh.
My lord asked your servants, 'Have you a father, or another brother?'
So we said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and a young …More
Book of Genesis 44:18-21.23b-29.45:1-5.
Judah approached Joseph and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak earnestly to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh.
My lord asked your servants, 'Have you a father, or another brother?'
So we said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and a young brother, the child of his old age. This one's full brother is dead, and since he is the only one by that mother who is left, his father dotes on him.'
Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me that my eyes may look on him.'
But you told your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes back with you, you shall not come into my presence again.'
When we returned to your servant our father, we reported to him the words of my lord.
"Later, our father told us to come back and buy some food for the family.
So we reminded him, 'We cannot go down there; only if our youngest brother is with us can we go, for we may not see the man if our youngest brother is not with us.'
Then your servant our father said to us, 'As you know, my wife bore me two sons.
One of them, however, disappeared, and I had to conclude that he must have been torn to pieces by wild beasts; I have not seen him since.
If you now take this one away from me too, and some disaster befalls him, you will send my white head down to the nether world in grief.'
Joseph could no longer control himself in the presence of all his attendants, so he cried out, "Have everyone withdraw from me!" Thus no one else was about when he made himself known to his brothers.
But his sobs were so loud that the Egyptians heard him, and so the news reached Pharaoh's palace.
"I am Joseph," he said to his brothers. "Is my father still in good health?" But his brothers could give him no answer, so dumbfounded were they at him.
"Come closer to me," he told his brothers. When they had done so, he said: "I am your brother Joseph, whom you once sold into Egypt.
But now do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you."
Psalms 105(104):16-17.18-19.20-21.
When the LORD called down a famine on the land
and ruined the crop that sustained them,
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.
They had weighed him down with fetters,
and he was bound with chains,
Till his prediction came to pass
and the word of the LORD proved him true.
The king sent and released him,
the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 10:7-15.
Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you."
Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words--go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
Commentary of the day : Saint Cyprian
"Let your peace come upon it"
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