Saint veronica

Today, I’m grateful for my beloved patron saints! Yes, I’ve decided I have two of them ;) and I’ll explain why… The first is the saint I chose for my confirmation saint, Sai…

Mattia Preti - Saint Veronica with the Veil (c. 1652-1653), oil on canvas.

Santa Verônica viveu no primeiro século. É a mulher de Jerusalém que enxugou a face de Jesus com um véu branco no seu caminho para o Calvário. De acordo com a tradição o pano ficou com a impressão da imagem da face de Jesus. Assim a historia de Santa Verônica tornou-se uma das mais populares da tradição Cristã e o seu véu é uma das mais amadas relíquias da Igreja. De acordo com a tradição, Verônica levou o véu para fora da Terra Santa e teria usado para curar o Imperador Tibérius (14-37) de…

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Today, I’m grateful for my beloved patron saints! Yes, I’ve decided I have two of them ;) and I’ll explain why… The first is the saint I chose for my confirmation saint, Sai…

Mel Gibson has said that his movie The Passion of the Christ was meant to be a cinematic Stations of the Cross. These meditations, first written for Faith & Family magazine, are meant to glean the powerful lessons of the film. The Passion of the Christ Stations of the Cross Prayer:

THE SYNAGOGUE IS CROWNED WITH THORNS "Every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bramble bush do they gather grapes." (Lk. 6:44) We have learned from St. Bernard, that our divine Lord was crowned with thorns by his cruel stepmother, the Jewish synagogue. "Corona vit e um noverca sua corona spinea." We should reflect that by its nature and form this crown spreads its prickly thorns in two opposite directions. Some of the thorns naturally diverge to…