I remember having a St. Christopher medal in our car. Anyone else?
We always said a family Rosary too when we started out on an automobile trip. I still say one on the airplane or in my car.
On the airplane, I get some strange looks, but I really don't mind. I think sometimes that these people might wish they had this kind of faith and prayer in their lives.
1 posted on
04/12/2011 9:00:14 AM PDT by
Salvation
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2 posted on
04/12/2011 9:12:19 AM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
We always had the St. Christopher medal in the car. When I was a kid (late 50s-early 60s), all the WWII Catholic vets wore St. Chris medals. It is associated in my mind with the very best of masculinity! Strange, huh?
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9 posted on
04/12/2011 11:18:45 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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Saint Christopher
Dieric Bouts the Younger
c. 1470
Oil on ood, 62,6 x 27,5 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Polyptych of San Vincenzo Ferreri (left panel)
Giovanni Bellini
1464-68
Tempera on panel, 167 x 67 cm
Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice 27 posted on
04/13/2011 5:49:18 AM PDT by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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Interestign that in the Orthodox iconographical tradition St. Christiphor is often shown with a dog's head. Not always, but sometimes. I understand, that is done to indicate his rough nature prior to the conversion.
St. Chriostophor
First half of 17c., the Rostov Cremlin. 37 posted on
04/14/2011 5:44:37 PM PDT by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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