SAINT MONICA MOTHERS WIVES ABUSE VICTIMS HANDCRAFTED WOOD POCKET RETABLO 84

Description

Pocket Size Retablo:
Approximately
3” x 1 ½”  -
Made by hand in the USA
This collection represents blessings and protection with patronages and prayers to address most aspects of our daily lives.
Santa Monica    -    Saint Monica
Patronage:
Mothers, Wives and Abuse Victims
Inscription on back:
(see pictures)
"
May I be blessed as a mother and through your example of faith, may I help call forth my child's higher nature.
"
Description:
St. Monica was married to a pagan man who was much older than her. He was generous with her but had a terrible temper. With prayer she converted him and two of her children to Christianity. Her son Augustine proved to be a much more difficult case. She prayed and wept over him for seventeen years. A priest said to her that,
"It is not possible that a son of so many tears should perish."
Of course this son became St. Augustine.
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Carry a pocket saint/angel:
Some people carry saint/angels because it is their patron saint, as a devotion or a reminder of devotion and prayer.  They are also carried as a sort of protection, that is, if the saint/angel is blessed.
People carry pocket saint/angels with devotion, commitment, affection, and love.
Display a retablo:
They are d
isplayed in homes to honor the saint/angel or given as gifts of fortune and inspiration, retablos reflect a beloved historical tradition and cultural artistry.
History:
The retablo, or ʻboard behind the altarʼ, was originally created in New Mexico in the 1800ʼs in response to the lack of Bibles and Icons being sent from the church in Rome. The Santero (saint maker) painted retablos from pigment collected and ground from the local surroundings. The boards were hand hewed usually of ponderosa pine or tin. The practice has carried down through the generations and is still done this way today.
Artist: Lynn Garlick:
Her o
riginal designs are hand-carved and painted with watercolor or occasionally oil on the traditionally used ponderosa pine planks. Then the
high quality prints of the originals are
decoupaged onto pine boards, in an old school technique used for the Italian altar screens of medieval Europe and
are finished with polyurethane. These prints are produced with a deep appreciation of the santero and what has come before.