SAN PASQUAL PATRON KITCHEN COOKS SHEPHERD HANDCRAFTED WOOD POCKET RETABLO 16B Lt

Description

Pocket Size Retablo:
Approximately
3.25” 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.
San Pasqual
Patronage:
Kitchens, Cooks, Shepherds and Sheep
Inscription on back:
(see pictures)
A simple Franciscan monk, who worked in the kitchen. It is said his cupboards were miraculously refilled.
"I joyfully celebrate the food I am given. May it deeply nourish everyone I feed."
Description:
San Pasqual was a simple Franciscan monk. He was a shepherd from age 7 to 24. He was very devoted to the Holy Eucharist. It is said that as a cook in the monastery, his kitchen duties were miraculously taken care of because his devotion was so great. It is also said that as he fed the poor, his baskets were miraculously refilled.
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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.