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| Holy House of Loreto (Italy) altar |
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| Holy House of Loreto (Italy) altar |
feast day: December 10
about:
- Patroness of Aviators, the Protector of the airline industry, the airforce of nations and civil pilots throughout the world
- The title Our Lady of Loreto refers to the Holy House of Loreto, the house in which Mary was born, and where the Annunciation occurred, and to an ancient statue of Our Lady which is found there. Tradition says that a band of angels scooped up the little house from the Holy Land, and transported it first to Tersato, Dalmatia in 1291, then Recanati, Italy in 1294, and finally to Loreto, Italy where it has been for centuries. It was this flight that led to her patronage of people involved in aviation, and the long life of the house that has led to the patronage of builders, construction workers, etc. It is the first shrine of international renown dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and has been known as a Marian center for centuries. Popes have always held the Shrine of Loreto in special esteem, and it is under their direct authority and protection.
- The Holy House of Loreto, also known as Santa Casa di Loreto (Italian), is located inside the Basilica of the Holy House, also known as Basilica della Santa Casa (Italian). The interior measures only thirty-one feet by thirteen. An altar stands at one end beneath a statue, blackened with age, of the Virgin Mother and her Divine Infant. As the inscription, Hic Verbum caro factum est, reminds us, this building is honoured by Christians as the veritable cottage at Nazareth in which the Holy Family lived, and the Word became incarnate.
- THE MOST TREASURED and venerated Shrine of our Lady throughout the world is that of the Holy House of Nazareth in the Basilica at Loreto, Italy. And rightly so, for according to tradition, to testimonies of Popes and Saints this is where the "recreation"-----our redemption-----began. Over the past several centuries, people from all parts of the world have traveled to this shrine to pray and seek Our Lady's help. Thousands of miracles attributed to Our Lady have been recorded at Loreto.
links/ sources:
- "Basilica della Santa Casa" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_della_Santa_Casa
- "Our Lady of Loreto" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Our_Lady_of_Loreto
- "Our Lady of Loreto" (source: Saints SQPN):
http://saints.sqpn.com/our-lady-of-loreto/
- "Santa Casa de Loreto" (source: Catholic Encyclopedia):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13454b.htm
- "The Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto" by Lee Wells (source: Catholic Tradition):
http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/loreto1.htm
- "Our Lady of Loreto" (source: Apparitions of Our Lady):
http://www.apparitions-of-our-lady.com/our-lady-of-loreto.html
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...i thank God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the Holy Angels in heaven for my impenetrable shield! :)
...got visited by a really negative entity on the roof above my room (at dawn...probably a couple of heavy spirits with claws.. or an entity with 4 feet and a tail?...) after i posted Our Lady of Loreto & Our Lady of Guadalupe... our neighbor's dog barked... it walked a bit (probably on the edge of our roof) then the dog stopped barking... really scary :(
