For those of you not familiar with the image you can view it here:
http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/czesto.htm
Without getting into the whole thing, the scars of her face have been attempted to be covered by numerous artists over the years but they always reappear..much like the scars of abortion. Yesterday was a Feast day..I found it interesting to read in this article that one of the things they do at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Poland, on this Feast is special prayers for children before birth.
Our Lady of Caestochowa, pray for us!
holiday in Poland. The day is free of work and various celebrations
take place all over the country.
216 years ago, in the year 1791, Poland adopted a
Constitution – the first modern act of this kind in Europe and the
second in the world, after that of the United States.
In 1791 the
3rd of May was established as the Constitution Day. After World War 2,
communist authorities in Poland replaced the Constitution Day with a
communist Labor Day on May 1 and in 1951 they declared illegal the
celebration of the Constitution Day. After the fall of Communism in
Poland, since 1990, May 3rd is again the national holiday in Poland.
To
mark the 216th anniversary of the Constitution of the Third of May,
Polish president Lech Kaczyński, House Speaker Ludwik Dorn, Warsaw
Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz and other prominent figures attended a
solemn Mass in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw.
In the
homily, bishop Tadeusz Płoski talked about the history of the Polish
nation, which was always connected to the Church. He stressed the
special role of the Marian devotion in Poland and the significance of
the Black Madonna of Częstochowa as a symbol of national and religious
freedom.
Following the Mass, president Lech Kaczynski paid
tribute to national heroes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the
center of Warsaw. In the afternoon, the President is scheduled to award
national honors to distinguished persons, including a posthumous award
to the famous Polish poet, Zbigniew Herbert.
Parallel to the
national holiday, Poland is celebrating a Catholic Feast of Mary, the
Queen of Poland, which was established in 1923 by Pope Pius XI.
The
most famous Marian sanctuary in Poland in Czestochowa, home of the icon
of the Black Madonna, marks today’s feast with special prayers for the
weakest among people, including ill persons and children before birth.
During a special Mass, spiritual adoption vows were made, followed by a
series of services dedicated to the defense of people before birth, the
sick, and the elderly.
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