The Age Of “Me”: Religious Articles.

Submitted by LocutusOP on Thu, 03/15/2018 - 23:42
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sixlittlerabbits ,  Mary McMahon ,  vaticano83,  Mary Henry       

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Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 23:45
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The Age Of “Me”: Religious Articles.

 

sixlittlerabbits | March 9, 2018 at 8:00 pm

Not in my house. There are religious symbols in every room except the bathrooms and basement. Even the garage has images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Therese. My icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help has been up for almost thirty years, as has the beautiful large wooden carved crucifix acquired for a donation at a Catholic thrift shop. (It wound up there because it was slightly damaged.) These images make this place feel like home.

 

Mary McMahon | March 9, 2018 at 10:25 pm

The new Trinity ,me ,myself and I.

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vaticano83 | March 11, 2018 at 12:12 pm

I noticed this in Italy myself. Even in the areas like Umbria where many of the homes had no religious symbols

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  2. Mary Henry | March 13, 2018 at 6:00 am

    When we sold our home in 2002 a black mother and her little girl came through. i was touched when the little girl looked up at her mother and said,”They must love Jesus very much here,” now realtors advise you take all religious and personal pictures down so the potential buyer can envision himself living in the home. Too bad , we leave our pictures and icons up, The next home was sold to the first couple who came through and they asked if we would please leave our picture of St Teresa, The next house we sold again was sold to the first people who came though, two foot statue of Our Lady of Fatima prominently displayed..Finally we now live in our retirement home which is small and since there was no yard for Our Lady of Lourdes and Bernadette to stand in I took a chance and knocked on a neighbor’s door as they had a small yard with a pool and waterfall. I had thought how lovely it would look on the rocks above the water,
    My daughter and I were so surprised when the woman and her husband almost cried and told us they were looking online and in the local parish gift store for a statue of Our Holy Mother. They wanted to know if they could give us something and we just asked to be remembered in their Rosary.She promised and told us she said it everyday at three o’clock……I still get the chills because who knew ? We are brand new here.

 

 

 

Own comment: 

I can certainly witness to the lack of religious articles in Italy, having spent some time there.

I also noted the buddha statues, which saddened me somewhat.

What we drag into our own homes reveals what we value.