New Eastern Catholic Monastery

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[quote name='HisChild' date='11 February 2010 - 09:38 PM' timestamp='1265938729' post='2055575']
Ooooh, I wish I could see OLF too! She sounds lovely.

Here's St. Teresa:
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She's beautiful!!!!! The real veil really adds so much!

And I must say, I like that I can see her toes. (Very much "Discalced"!)

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LOL I guess I never thought of her that way... I mean I never paid attention that the fact I could see her toes was because she is Discalced. Doh!

I had been looking for a St Teresa statue forever. Not that I don't like St. Therese, but everywhere I went it was Therese, Therese, Therese. (Yes, you can hear Brady Bunch dialogue in the background, LOL)
One day I walked into my local Catholic bookstore and there she was, on the shelf immediately to my right. I burst into tears. And because of that very visceral reaction, I bought her (even though I couldn't afford it!).

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[quote name='HisChild' date='11 February 2010 - 10:42 PM' timestamp='1265942521' post='2055601']
LOL I guess I never thought of her that way... I mean I never paid attention that the fact I could see her toes was because she is Discalced. Doh!

I had been looking for a St Teresa statue forever. Not that I don't like St. Therese, but everywhere I went it was Therese, Therese, Therese. (Yes, you can hear Brady Bunch dialogue in the background, LOL)
One day I walked into my local Catholic bookstore and there she was, on the shelf immediately to my right. I burst into tears. And because of that very visceral reaction, I bought her (even though I couldn't afford it!).
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I can [i]so [/i]hear "The-rese, The-rese, The-resssse!" in my mind! And I totally know what you mean! She's EVERYWHERE! (Not that I don't love her, because I do - she's even broken through my Top Five List of Favorite Saints - but wow, sometimes you just want to find other saints, too.) Pretty much all I see is Therese and Francis. Sometimes Anthony will pop up here and there, but yeah.. seems like an exclusive "statue club" to me.

I've been trying to find a statue of St. Thomas Aquinas -- one that has him with [b]angels' wings[/b] (because he's the ever-amazing Angelic Doctor. Every time I go to any type of Catholic store (which, unfortunately, isn't very often) I search for him. I saw a statue like this in the Philippines in San Pedro's Cathedral in Davao City. They didn't have any in their gift shop, though they did have this larger-than-life-size statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus -- it was HUUUUUGE!! (And cost multiple thousands of dollars -- yes, US Dollars. )

Have you ever seen a Thomas Aquinas statue like that anywhere? I think I'd cry if I found one. Although... maybe God knows it better that I don't find one. If I did, and I couldn't afford him... then I might cry even more.

[HisChild]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='11 February 2010 - 07:59 PM' timestamp='1265943540' post='2055609']
I can [i]so [/i]hear "The-rese, The-rese, The-resssse!" in my mind! And I totally know what you mean! She's EVERYWHERE! (Not that I don't love her, because I do - she's even broken through my Top Five List of Favorite Saints - but wow, sometimes you just want to find other saints, too.) Pretty much all I see is Therese and Francis. Sometimes Anthony will pop up here and there, but yeah.. seems like an exclusive "statue club" to me.

I've been trying to find a statue of St. Thomas Aquinas -- one that has him with [b]angels' wings[/b] (because he's the ever-amazing Angelic Doctor. Every time I go to any type of Catholic store (which, unfortunately, isn't very often) I search for him. I saw a statue like this in the Philippines in San Pedro's Cathedral in Davao City. They didn't have any in their gift shop, though they did have this larger-than-life-size statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus -- it was HUUUUUGE!! (And cost multiple thousands of dollars -- yes, US Dollars. )

Have you ever seen a Thomas Aquinas statue like that anywhere? I think I'd cry if I found one. Although... maybe God knows it better that I don't find one. If I did, and I couldn't afford him... then I might cry even more.
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Can't say that I have, although it does sound intriguing. Not to be indelicate... I have to say the only time I've ever seen him is extra large. LOL!

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[quote name='HisChild' date='11 February 2010 - 11:03 PM' timestamp='1265943807' post='2055615']
Can't say that I have, although it does sound intriguing. Not to be indelicate... I have to say the only time I've ever seen him is extra large. LOL!
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I suppose it's fitting since he was nicknamed "The Dumb Ox", right? I think that makes me love him all the more.