Great-Grandma Accidentally Prays to Lord of the Rings Figurine for Years (Lord Elrond)

Metro UK ^ | 1-5-2017 | Hattie Gladwell

[brucedickinson]

Her relative, Gabriela Brandão, a freelance makeup artist from Florianópolis, Brazil, made the discovery after taking a look at the great-grandmother’s figurine, and realising something wasn’t quite right.

Following her gut instinct, Gabriela searched online for the figure – and found one exactly identical to the great-grandmother’s.

However, there was only one problem – the figure wasn’t listed under ‘Saint Anthony’, it was in fact listed under ‘Elrond’. Oops.

[brucedickinson]

I guess it could have been worse- Gandalf looks like Jesus

[G Larry]

Grandma was NOT praying “TO” the statue!

More ignorant nonsense.

[brucedickinson]

[ConservativeMind]

Praying to a figurine is pagan.

[trisham]

Hattie is a bit of an idiot.

[.45 Long Colt]

Indeed!

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (1John 5:21)

[Buckeye McFrog]

In Argentina they pray to little statues of Evita Peron

[Unam Sanctam]

As long as she had the intention to pray to St Anthony, I am sure God will have sorted it all out on the Heavenward side.

[BipolarBob]

Catholicism at its finest.

[stars & stripes forever]

The LORD knew her heart.

[brucedickinson]

At least she didn't get a hold of one of those Chinese knockoffs- she could have been praying to Dennis

[Sybeck1]

I always get a chuckle at the Obi Wan Kenobi is Jesus meme on Facebook

[PLMerite]

She's not the same one who did the restoration work on 'Ecce Homo' is she?

[brucedickinson]

There's a figurine for that

[WKUHilltopper]

So...Dennis really did grow up to be a menace....

[PLMerite]

I think Gandalf is more Moses-like than Jesus-like.

[brucedickinson]

it’s the staff

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

If she was praying TO the statue, that's not Catholicism. If contemplating the statue while she prayed helped her to focus her mind on the virtues of Saint Anthony, it really doesn't matter that it looks like an actor instead of a convention portrayal of St. Anthony, which likely doesn't look exactly like the man himself anyway.

Either way, you managed to take a story that provides a chuckle and wring a snide comment out of it. I hope your life isn't as amaroidal in reality as it comes across on FR.

[nonsporting]

It’s idolatry no matter how one excuses it.

One doesn’t need to pray to (or through) any intermediary, “for there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)

[Daffynition]

Patience. These things can be fixed.