Author Topic: Home Altar? Home Shrine to Our Lady or a Saint? (Read 1426 times)

Stephen Francis · « **on:** October 30, 2011, 09:53:10 AM »

Does anyone have a 'home altar' or a special image or statue in their home they'd like to show us?

I am working on finding some small statuary for the shrine I want to put in my home office, but I cannot afford anything right now, as I have been unemployed.

Show us your home altar, your shrine to a beloved saint or to Our Lady.

Anyone with pictures of large, old-school Crucifixes on their walls are welcome to share them as well.

On a side note: is anyone on the Forum a fan of sacred art in the Spanish/realist style? I cannot, to be honest, stomach most of what passes for sacred art that's for sale these days... the cheap, Chinese-made polyresin figures and the ugly, modernist things that are supposed to be Crucifixes. I am very much moved by the often startling and even scary realism of the old statues and Crucifixes, both from centuries ago and from the revival periods in more recent history. There is a chapel not too far from me (unfortunately, it's diocesan and run by ICK and uses a Modernist Latin missal) that has some gorgeous statuary. I don't know if it's legitimately old, or just made to look that way, but there is a VERY large Crucifix (at least three feet tall) with a very strikingly lifelike image of the suffering Christ on it. Very moving.

I'd love to see what you own and use at home and/or have your thoughts on how sacred art such as paintings or statues can encourage or discourage piety.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

ora pro me · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2011, 07:40:50 PM »

We have lots of holy pictures around our house and so anyone who visits us knows right away that we are Catholics. We pray our Rosary in front of pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary because our family is consecrated and enthroned to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and we also practice Devotion to Jesus through Mary (St. Louis Marie de Montfort's way of Devotion to Jesus through Mary as explained in his work, True Devotion to Jesus through Mary).

We also have a crucifix at our main shrine in our home and also in our dining room and each bedroom. For Christmas over the years, we would always give each of our kids a holy picture or a small statue and so over the years they ended up with a small collection of holy pictures and statues in their rooms. It's one of the best things you can do for your kids to foster a Catholic foundation in their lives.

When I was a kid, we had the picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that has beautiful loving eyes that seem to follow you around and penetrate your soul. From the time I was maybe 3 years old or so I just figured it was a miraculous picture. No matter where I stood in the room Our Lord was still looking at me and that didn't surprise me at all, since I already knew that Our Lord always sees us!

Blessed Feast of Christ the King to all!

pat · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2011, 01:03:50 PM »

here is mine i have had many of these for years hubby bought the table ( put together , on sale ) a few weeks ago.. for this purpose

MaterDominici · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2011, 03:55:45 PM »

This is the image we have of Our Lady in our living room. I don't think this exact image is very common, so I thought I'd share. I'm not a fan of the frame, but I don't dare mess with it and risk it falling apart.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2011, 01:05:33 PM »

I like the frame.