Catholic Etsy Roundup

[He is Risen!]

[quote name='TotusTuusMaria' post='1799545' date='Mar 7 2009, 02:15 AM']Oh, here are some more things that are in my "favorites"

[url="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12000571"]http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12000571[/url]

[url="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17412189"]http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17412189[/url]

[url="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17059713"]http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17059713[/url] - I love St. Mary Magdalene. I don't really like the first two, but the one that is more renaissance-y I like. She is in like a dark red color.

[url="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18760262"]http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18760262[/url] - liked the message. St. Joan said it. Not really a fan of the style, but yeah...

[url="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5450209"]http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5450209[/url] - favorite-ed her because I think she is Catholic and because I love her style. She made these purses (you could only wear with a formal gown) when I first came upon her store and it had a medal of Our Lady on it. I think she really likes Marie Antoinette (who I consider a great, Catholic queen) and she has an obvious devotion to our Lady. She kind of reminds me of the blog: [url="http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/"]http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/[/url] ... yeah, but she mostly makes corsets (which I wouldn't ever buy), but they are beautiful from an artistic outlook.[/quote]


I don't think she's Catholic. I clicked on the the Immaculate heart pic. and this was in the caption: "This is one of the best sacred heart pictures I have seen even though I am not Catholic and only pray to Jesus!"

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='takebacktonight' post='1800974' date='Mar 8 2009, 11:11 PM']I had never heard of her either (not surprisingly).

According to wikipedia, the poor girl put herself through a lot of pain![/quote]

She may have had a severe epileptic condition and could levitate. Plus, she was like that chick on Heroes who could do all kinds of things to herself and yet not sustain injury. Wow!

"She would roll in fire or handle it without harm, stand in freezing water in the winter for hours, spend long periods in tombs, or allow herself to be dragged under water by a mill wheel, though she never sustained injury. Given to ecstasies during which she led the souls of the recently dead to purgatory, and those in purgatory to paradise."

from SQPN

"For example, she could not stand the odor of other people because she could smell the sin in them, and would climb trees or buildings, hide in ovens or cupboards, [b]or simply levitate to avoid contact[/b]."

That's awesome... hahaha

Edited March 9, 2009 by lilac_angel

[takebacktonight]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1801322' date='Mar 9 2009, 11:33 AM']She may have had a severe epileptic condition and could levitate. Plus, she was like that chick on Heroes who could do all kinds of things to herself and yet not sustain injury. Wow!

"She would roll in fire or handle it without harm, stand in freezing water in the winter for hours, spend long periods in tombs, or allow herself to be dragged under water by a mill wheel, though she never sustained injury. Given to ecstasies during which she led the souls of the recently dead to purgatory, and those in purgatory to paradise."

from SQPN

"For example, she could not stand the odor of other people because she could smell the sin in them, and would climb trees or buildings, hide in ovens or cupboards, [b]or simply levitate to avoid contact[/b]."

That's awesome... hahaha[/quote]


The logical part of my brain is saying nooooo when I read all that. haha...but I guess with God, anything is possible!

Schizophrenia is too. Don't get me wrong, I do believe in saints having had visions and experiences...but her story is just so extreme.

I wonder, if she could levitate, why she wouldn't be labelled a witch or a demon?

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='takebacktonight' post='1801370' date='Mar 9 2009, 12:39 PM']The logical part of my brain is saying nooooo when I read all that. haha...but I guess with God, anything is possible!

Schizophrenia is too. Don't get me wrong, I do believe in saints having had visions and experiences...but her story is just so extreme.

I wonder, if she could levitate, why she wouldn't be labelled a witch or a demon?[/quote]

If she really could levitate, I dunno if it was schizophrenia. But if she was, it's refreshing that the Church calls at least Blessed someone who had such a severe mental illness that is so stigmatized in today's society.

Padre Pio could bilocate... I dunno.

Edited March 9, 2009 by lilac_angel

[takebacktonight]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1801379' date='Mar 9 2009, 01:42 PM']If she really could levitate, I dunno if it was schizophrenia. But if she was, it's refreshing that the Church calls at least Blessed someone who had such a severe mental illness that is so stigmatized in today's society.

Padre Pio could bilocate... I dunno.[/quote]

Interesting article:
[url="http://www.cynthialarge.com/christina/christinaessay2.html"]http://www.cynthialarge.com/christina/christinaessay2.html[/url]

"Christina of Liége has been a saint in popular tradition almost from the time of her death, although no formal beatification ever took place. She stands out from the canon, as Compass editor Tony Staley5 points out, because her life, alone among the others, is not held up as an example to be followed. Her role as the patron saint of madness, mental disorders, mental handicaps, and mental health caregivers might suggest that she herself was of unsound mind. She may indeed have been mad, or she may have lived a curiously blessed life in the grip of holy ecstasies, dazzled by the revelation she had seen. A further possibility accommodates both of these explanations; here we can understand Christina as a fragile vessel who simply shattered in the face of God."

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='takebacktonight' post='1801382' date='Mar 9 2009, 12:45 PM']Interesting article:
[url="http://www.cynthialarge.com/christina/christinaessay2.html"]http://www.cynthialarge.com/christina/christinaessay2.html[/url]

"Christina of Liége has been a saint in popular tradition almost from the time of her death, although no formal beatification ever took place. She stands out from the canon, as Compass editor Tony Staley5 points out, because her life, alone among the others, is not held up as an example to be followed. Her role as the patron saint of madness, mental disorders, mental handicaps, and mental health caregivers might suggest that she herself was of unsound mind. She may indeed have been mad, or she may have lived a curiously blessed life in the grip of holy ecstasies, dazzled by the revelation she had seen. A further possibility accommodates both of these explanations; here we can understand Christina as a fragile vessel who simply shattered in the face of God."[/quote]


The same site sells magic lanterns and sufi boxes.

But yes, no formal beatification has taken place, and I'm slightly miffed that the site wasn't direct about this. I'm still glad the Church dubs her Blessed. Though I may switch my necklace choice, as it hasn't been sent yet, haha

Edited March 9, 2009 by lilac_angel

[lilac_angel]

Also, "because her life, alone among the others, is not held up as an example to be followed."

Having epilepsy and a possible mental disease she couldn't control? Or possibly helping souls out of purgatory? The self-harm was a little strange, but many saints have done the self-harm thing and are held in highest esteem.

Some of the holiest saints were tormented the worst by devils. Despite it all, she was always obedient to her abbess.

Edited March 9, 2009 by lilac_angel

[lilac_angel]

St. Dymphna is one of the best known patron saints of mental disorders, though she herself was not mad.

Edited March 9, 2009 by lilac_angel

[takebacktonight]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1801393' date='Mar 9 2009, 01:53 PM']The same site sells magic lanterns.

But yes, no formal beatification has taken place, and I'm slightly miffed that the site wasn't direct about this. I'm still glad the Church dubs her Blessed. Though I may switch my necklace choice, as it hasn't been sent yet, haha [/quote]

The author is Quaker, so that might explain the indirectness.

Yes, but I don't think Saint Lucy has been formally beatified either....and she helped to save my father's vision! (The doctor's had given up saving his sight and were just trying to save his physical eye.)

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='takebacktonight' post='1801403' date='Mar 9 2009, 01:00 PM']The author is Quaker, so that might explain the indirectness.

Yes, but I don't think Saint Lucy has been formally beatified either....and she helped to save my father's vision! (The doctor's had given up saving his sight and were just trying to save his physical eye.)[/quote]

Ah, I see. That is interesting that she sells those necklaces, then!

Really? That's interesting about St. Lucy. I'm not sure if she was, either (don't know a whole ton about her, but she sounds very familiar!).

That is so awesome about the vision miracle!!

[takebacktonight]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1801409' date='Mar 9 2009, 01:07 PM']Ah, I see. That is interesting that she sells those necklaces, then!

Really? That's interesting about St. Lucy. I'm not sure if she was, either (don't know a whole ton about her, but she sounds very familiar!).

That is so awesome about the vision miracle!![/quote]


Oh I don't know about the necklace lady...but that site that I quoted... I meant that that author she was Quaker.

I think I misread your post!

Yeah... Saint Lucy is cool. That experience was one of many nudges in the right direction..

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='takebacktonight' post='1801414' date='Mar 9 2009, 01:14 PM']Oh I don't know about the necklace lady...but that site that I quoted... I meant that that author she was Quaker.

I think I misread your post!

Yeah... Saint Lucy is cool. That experience was one of many nudges in the right direction..[/quote]

Oh, okay!! Yeah, I misread yours too

That's wonderful... those nudges are great indeed... and that was a particularly big one! I've been getting some miraculous help lately on potty training... it went from accidents to perfection with one tiny little (I thought) fairly meaningless prayer to St. Therese (my child's middle name is Therese, so that may have helped speed things along! haha).

Edited March 9, 2009 by lilac_angel

[lilac_angel]

Here was her reply to my inquiry. She said it was okay for me to change orders, but I'm not sure if I want to now... hehe.. here's her testimony on Christina:

"Although I knew that Christina the Astronishing was not a beatified saint, I have felt such a great consolation from her. Due to my own experiences and that of my mother, who has bipolar disorder. I have witnessed what I would dare to say as "miracles" due to her intercession. She is a saint to me and a holy woman with great love.
I know it is best the we follow our hearts and I truly believe that any saint will help us with any request, no matter what their official 'patronage' is."

[takebacktonight]

I tend to agree with her statement.. Aren't saints people that make it to heaven?

They're beautiful necklaces either way

[CatherineM]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1801379' date='Mar 9 2009, 12:42 PM']If she really could levitate, I dunno if it was schizophrenia. But if she was, it's refreshing that the Church calls at least Blessed someone who had such a severe mental illness that is so stigmatized in today's society.[/quote]

My husband has schizophrenia, and wholeheartedly agrees with you.