#marian devotions

[illustratus]

"Rosa Mística" Rosa Mystica (Mystical Rose) by Francisco Laporta Valor

#francisco laporta valor #art #rosa mystica #mystical rose #virgin mary #mary #prayer #praying #mother #pious #religious art #christianity #christian #religion #prayers #biblical #bible #rose #roses #flower #flowers #marian devotion #marian devotions

[songsofbloodandwater]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

[Source: Image, prayers]

#sharing because #she's serving #no but actually #I've prayed Her novena and had favors granted before therefore #It's only fair! #Our Lady of Mount Carmel #our lady #marian devotions #christian witch #christian witchcraft #catholic witch #catholic witchcraft #folk witch #folk witchcraft #folk catholicism #folk catholic

[saint-stanthony]

Sharing one of my new personal rosaries im so excited about! It’s an antique Mother of Sorrows/Mater Dolorosa rosary with seven sets of seven Hail Mary’s! The medals each depict one of the sorrows on one side and Mary on the other. The beads are smooth wood and the rosary is very lightweight. Absolutely love this rosary and OL of sorrows.

#my posts #rosaries #OL of Sorrows #Mother of Sorrows #Mater Dolorosa #folk catholic #Holy card made by myself! #rosary #my rosaries #Marian devotions #Would absolutely love to make a post about all of my rosaries but there’s a LOT so idk maybe #Might show my OL of sorrows shrine soon if I can!

[stjohncapistrano67]

A statue of the Seven Sorrows of Our Blessed Mother.

#traditional catholicism #the seven sorrows devotion #traditional catholic statues #traditional catholic art #marian devotions #blessed virgin mary #the passion of our lord jesus chirst #traditional catholic spiritual teachings #the most holy rosary

[amor-madonna]

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 ☮︎

1: Find an Appiration you connect to

2: Read the story

3: Look at the details & associations (exp: Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego on December 15th when the Planets Venus,Mercury & Saturn where visible so you can offer things associated with that.) so by that i mean just really look at the detail.

4: Offer Roses (shes obsessed with them)

5: Shes very often associated with Plants so devote a Plant or aspects of Nature to her

6: Modify the Prayers and look at the details. (Exp: Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy.) When you think Mother you think creator or protector. So by that i see Mary as the Saint who controls Mercy and where it goes)

7: Check how the people she appeared too reacted to her. (Juan Diego Bowed down immeditely and so you can do that when doing your Marian devotions)

8: Pray the Rosary (ik it turns a lot of people off bcuz we've been taught that its super complicated & shit but you can actually modify it to your liking. Connect to the Mysteries of her. No matter if their Biblical or not and really just do what you want with it)

9: Incorperate certain things into your practice.(exp: blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus) for me could indicate to femininity and thus, Devote thingd that have to do with that.

10: Meditate. Feel her presence and note what it feels like. Motherly? Loving? Like another Deity? All personal.

11: make a Visual represenation of what you picture her as. It could be a painting or a Moodboard. Really try capturing her energy with it.

12: GO TO THE SOURCE!!! pray to her, ask her for signs really go out there and try to connect to her & understand what SHE has to say to -> you <-.

𝐻𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠!! ❤︎

#christian witch #christopagan #christopaganism #folk catholicism #christian witchcraft #christopagan witch #folk christianity #witchblr #theotokos #mother mary #marian apparitions #marian devotion #stella maris #our lady of guadalupe

[ocean-not-found]

Mary, Mother of all, She gives life.

Holy Death, Mother of All, She takes life.

Its a cycle. The Ouroboros biting its tail. Eating itself. These Gods * represent the order of the world. I love them, so.

#mother of all #santa muerte #holy death #marian devotion #la santa muerte #santamuetedevotee #oceannotfound posts #oceannotfound blogs

[misspjsuperior]

Tonantzin Guadalupe 🌵🌹

The original \/u| \//\ goddess I created in 2013 is Maria Rosa. Her design was inspired in major part between the miracle of La Virgen de Guadalupe and the concept of Mary Queen of Heaven.

I was recently commissioned to create a new (\/) Goddess inspired similarly between Guadalupe and Tonantzin by my chingona hermana Janet Bella Rosa who also knew Mi padrino Antonio 🙏 I felt his spirit guiding me to connect our visions! 💞

Tonantzin is an enduring Nahuatl title for the maternal aspect of any Aztec goddess, much like “Our Lady”, rather than the name of a particular goddess. I chose a blue background to parallel Her starry mantle of heaven and also represent Lake Texcoco since the eagle, snake, and cactus from its story of the founding of ancient Mexico there are present. 💙🌵 

Tonantzin in various forms is frequently depicted with eagle feet so I thought it appropriate to have the legendary golden eagle clutch the silvery moon below Her in place of Guadalupe’s cherub 🦅 🌙 Tonantzin is often known, by many names, to wear a skirt of snakes- the celestial Aztec earth mother Coatlicue’s particular name translates to “She of Snake Skirts”. So I couldn’t help but see the snake emerge from the opening in Her folds here. Frequently in Aztec art snakes emerging from or replacing body parts represents blood so I feel a menstrual element from how the snake manifested in this vision 🐍 🩸

Many believe that the apparition of La Virgen de Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill unto St. Juan Diego, an Indigenous peasant originally named Cuauhtlatoatzin meaning “Talking Eagle”, was a vision of a new form of Tonantzin. Her local temple had formerly been on that very site, destroyed by conquistadors. When Cuauhtlatoatzin received these holy visions, the Goddess spoke to him not in Spanish but in his native Nahuatl language even though She identified Herself as The Virgin Mother of God. Even the Church documents testify that The Holy Mother assured him in his moment of doubt, in his Indigenous tongue, “Am I not here who am your Mother?” Indeed Tonantzin Coatlicue herself is said to have had her own divine conception via a feather 🪶 

The miraculous vision of Guadalupe that appeared upon Juan Diego/Talking Eagle’s tilma is often seen as a self portrait by Her and there are many analyses of the visual element’s encoding of Aztec symbolism. I took these theories and insights into consideration while creating this vision.

Even within the suppression of Spanish colonization ancient indigenous Mexican Curanderismo healing practices were able to persevere and often in the name of La Virgen de Guadalupe, under the protection of Her image.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

“At home, on the evening of December 12th we may light a candle and place offerings of flowers, copal and chocolate in front of her statue or painting. In the public square, those who follow the Mexica spiritual tradition will join brothers and sisters for an all-night vigil of prayer, Danza, offerings, and songs to her, who is Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue, who was always honored at the hill of Tepeyac. As we salute the Four Winds and dance in the ceremonial circle, we honor those who have gone before us, the courageous people who kept traditions alive through the centuries despite the threat to their life if discovered. The feathers in the copilli, the ceremonial headdress worn by the dancers, will draw down the energy of the cosmos into Mother Earth, our beautiful Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue to help her heal from the many ways she is dishonored.

Nearby, children will play and laugh, faces smeared with the traces of candy and the cinnamon of churros, the delicious deep fried pastry covered with sugar and cinnamon while the sound of mariachi music adds to the feeling of a fusion of cultures and beliefs. If you wander the crowded street you will see a handful of Catholic pilgrims on their knees on the hard pavement slowly make their way to the entrance of the church in gratitude for answered prayers.

And, in spite of quiet official church disapproval, the local parish priest will invite Indigenous ceremonial dancers to participate during the special December 11-12 mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Inside the church, for a few moments, Mayan copal will blend with European frankincense, quetzal feathers will dance on the air, and elders with bundles of aromatic rosemary plants will cleanse the People’s spirit. The two cultures, reconciled at this moment, acknowledge their bond of love for the Woman Who is Cloaked with the Sun; a bridge of Light between peoples.”

Maestra Grace via Curanderismo.org

#curanderismo #tonantzin #virgen de guadalupe #holy mother of god #mother goddess #goddess art #brujeria #marian devotion #folk catholicism #folk traditions #ancient origins #Aztec

[oldshrewsburyian]

Robin Hood Summer (II)

The shawes be shene, it has been a long academic year, and everything is better with Greenwood Shenanigans™. Therefore, I've decided to embrace Robin Hood Summer again. As always, all company and suggestions welcomed.

For starters: Thomas Love Peacock, Maid Marian (1822)

At first glance, this appears to be frothy, fun capital-R Romanticism. And I have a lot of time for fun Romanticism. Robin Hood Readalong has a nice ring to it.

Mid-May premiere anniversary: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Belovedest Robin Hood. Needs no introduction or excuse. But were it needed, Olivia de Havilland and her fabulous 1930s costumes alone would be adequate.

When my library book comes in: Sarah-Jane Stratford, Red Letter Days (2020)

Recommended by @iseult-blanchemains, novel about using the postwar greenwood to fight McCarthyism.

Other options:

BBC Robin Hood (2006)

I saw a few episodes of this when it first aired but have somehow never watched it systematically

Theresa Tomlinson, The Forestwife (1995)

Recommended by @tinydooms and others, also apparently features the 1381 uprising?? I am intrigued.

Geoffrey Trease, Bows Against the Barons (1934)

Weird Communist YA retelling from the 1930s. Sold, tbh.

As always, join a union, take long forest rambles, fight food insecurity, make tyrannical bureaucrats miserable.

#robin hood summer #take two! #i am going to start mainlining the 1822 maid marian novel #why am i getting student emails the night before our scheduled finals asking if there is a final exam? #not only is it in the syllabus #but i have had structured time in class devoted to preparing for the final #i am so so tired

[saint-selene]

Photos pulled from Google Images

#blessed mother #devotion #marian devotion #black madonna #our lady #digital temple

[victusinveritas]

#marian devotion #religious art

[daughterofthesettingsun]

Let us, on this Holy Friday the 13th of October, take up our beaded garlands of roses and cry out in love and supplication to She who is Our Mother and Queen of Heaven. Let us adore She who pours down Her graces upon the lost children of the world, to She who has never abandoned us.

Hail Mari, fount of grace! Lady of Earth and Heaven! Blessed art thou O' Queen of all maids, and blessed is thy most beloved daughter Diana! Holy Mari, Mother and God, shelter us fallen ones now, and at the hour of our death.

Amadea

#filianism #marian devotion #god our mother

[aprillikesthings]

I’d been listening to a recording of nuns saying the rosary on my walk home from work sometimes, but apparently Spotify lost the rights to it 🥲

The nuns did it call and response style, and they had lovely voices, and some nice music in the background. You could even hear the tinkle of their beads here and there. It was really soothing, bordering on ASMR.

I resentfully looked up other recordings, but for some reason all I could find were solo men doing it, and a couple of them also had tradcath podcasts they advertised in the summaries of their rosary recordings

No thank you 😤

#my life #(‘aren’t you Protestant?’ the Episcopal church is fine with Marian devotion #it’s not required but it’s also not discouraged #just like anything else in the Episcopal church it varies a great deal #but I’m hardly the first or last Episcopalian to do the rosary)

[saint-stanthony]

a prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows

sharing a card I made and prayer I wrote to the sorrowful mother, feel free to use!

Holy Mary, Blessed Mother of Sorrows

As you know perfect love and tenderness, you understand bearing the weight of pain, traumas and grief

Lady of Compassion, soften my grieving heart so that it may grown from confines of despair

Let my sorrows become joys and peace be felt once more

At my most broken and desolate state may I be consoled by your embrace and the comfort of your motherly presence

Amen

#my posts #Our Lady of Sorrows #my prayers #mother mary #Mater Dolorosa #Folk catholic #marian devotion #Sorrowful Mother #Marian prayers

[stjohncapistrano67]

Traditional Catholic modern line art. The Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. First Joyful mystery of the Most Holy Rosary.

#traditional catholicism #traditional catholic images #the most holy rosary #traditional catholic first joyful mystery #the annunciation of the blessed virgin mary #traditional catholic modern art #traditional catholic line art #the blessed virgin mary #st. gabriel the archangel #traditional marian images #traditional catholic bible images #catholic bible #marian devotions #traditional catholic marian prayers #traditional catholic marian devotion

[sag-dab-sar]

Okay so I forgot I have this:

Which has the Protoevangelium of James which apparently has a BOAT load of Mary's life (things tagged PJ) as well as what seems like Mary's Birth (first book on list).

The font is so bad (think old book with thick font) I might not be able to read from this but maybe I can. Its just cool that I own it so I won't have my mom asking me why I was buying the Gospel of Mary which is what I was going to originally buy.

#mariolatry #marian devotion #apocrypha #christian apocrypha #xtianity #michibooks #i dont know if i should do a -book series- on this #*i am not christian #*but i am accepting of all faiths here

[ocean-not-found]

I need to make it abundantly Clear that Mother Mary is ALL of our Mothers.

She loves Her Queer kids, Pagans, Witches & Weirdos. She holds us ALL under Her mantle.

#gay #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lgbt #paganism #pagan witch #eclectic pagan #eclectic witch #eclectic wicca #queer catholic #mother mary #daily post #marian devotion #marian worship #mary deity #deity work #deity worship #the goddess #goddess religion #great goddess #wicca goddess #lgbt catholic