Home altars

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Nice thread here. I love some of the home altars.
I also have an altar at home.

It has two framed pictures with relics of
Sts. Rita of Cascia and Joseph of Cupertino.
It has five statues consisting of the Infant of Cebu,
St. Anthony of Padua, St. Joseph, St. Pedro Calungsod
and St. Padre Pio and a Crucifix.
My humble shrine also has a reliquary
containing a relic of St. Padre Pio.

This is where my family prays and lift our concerns
to God.

God bless!
 
colyla said:
those are pretty groovy…I wouldn’t mind getting me some!
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You can get specifically Catholic and Orthodox hanging lamps form several on line sources like: Leafletmissal, Autom and monasteryicons.

The ones in the pics look more Hindu or Arab Muslim to me. The only difference between Catholic and Orthodox lamps is what is burned in them. Catholics use votive candles and Orthodox burn olive oil.
 
Maunongon said:
Here’s a link to our statue of the Infant of Cebu
venerated in our humble altar.
flickr.com/photos/34294456@N05/8691219081/
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It has occurred to me that every culture must have it’s own Infant of …

Apparently you are Philipino and venerate the Infant of Cebu. I am of Eastern European descent and venerate the Infant of Prague and have his statue on my own home altar. At my parish we have a larger statue of the Infant of Prague and even change his vesrtments according to the liturgical season.

This is where I get confused by the different Infants of, and Our Lady of. Surely there is only one Infant Jesus and one Our Lady. So why are their soo many?
 
andrewstx said:
It has occurred to me that every culture must have it’s own Infant of …

Apparently you are Philipino and venerate the Infant of Cebu. I am of Eastern European descent and venerate the Infant of Prague and have his statue on my own home altar. At my parish we have a larger statue of the Infant of Prague and even change his vesrtments according to the liturgical season.

This is where I get confused by the different Infants of, and Our Lady of. Surely there is only one Infant Jesus and one Our Lady. So why are their soo many?
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There is only one Jesus and one Mary,
People just develop different titles for them depending on where a particular image is located.
The Filipinos call the Holy Child “Santo Nino de Cebu” because his image has been there for centuries.
In Mexico they venerate the Holy Chid under the title of “Santo Nino de Atocha” based on an apparition that occurred in Spain many centuries before.

The Orthodox also have many titles for the Theotokos based on iconographic style or location.

 
andrewstx said:
You can get specifically Catholic and Orthodox hanging lamps form several on line sources like: Leafletmissal, Autom and monasteryicons.
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Please don’t shop at Monastery Icons. They are pagan and their products may be spiritually dangerous. Most of the Orthodox are aware of this. More information is readily available on the web.
 
CatholicLife said:
There is only one Jesus and one Mary,
People just develop different titles for them depending on where a particular image is located.
The Filipinos call the Holy Child “Santo Nino de Cebu” because his image has been there for centuries.
In Mexico they venerate the Holy Chid under the title of “Santo Nino de Atocha” based on an apparition that occurred in Spain many centuries before.

The Orthodox also have many titles for the Theotokos based on iconographic style or location.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Bogorodichni_ikoni.jpg
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I am very much aware of all the Theotokos. But I was not posting to have a ‘dig’ at Latin Catholics at all. I am sorry if I have offended it was not what I meant.
 
Elizium23 said:
Please don’t shop at Monastery Icons. They are pagan and their products may be spiritually dangerous. Most of the Orthodox are aware of this. More information is readily available on the web.
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Actually the only things they make and market are the icons they print and mount themselves.

The hanging lamp I referenced is made in Greece by real Orthodox. Like most of the items inn their catalog it is sourced elsewhere. I really just see them as a capitalistic business out to make a profit.

That same lamp is marketed by Catholic stores as well, same lamp exactly.
 
Hi,

This thread is fantastic! Very impressive altars so many of you have. Mine is still being developed, but here’s my “virtual altar” on my pc screen for now.

HA
 
Here’s my most humble beginnings of my “off line” altar. It’s just a section in a book shelf but works for me for now.

I have the blessed Spiritual Communion holy card hanging up, a St. Philomena brochure below that (I’m currently very close to St. Philomena!). Next to that, my Pietà my first grade teacher (nun) gave me. Not sure why, but always felt special/called by her giving this to me an nobody else in class. Draped over that is an old rosary I got at an antique store. I have my Blessed Sacrament medal blue tacked to that which is very special as I got this in '98 when I nearly reverted then, and was blessed by the priest I grew up with who was a very holy man of God who is now deceased.

In front of my St. Philomena card I have her cord and chaplet. Next to that, my key chain of medals which are all blessed. Then, my newly made-by-me Blessed Sacrament chaplet (pending blessing) and then my vial of Holy Water.

The front row has my small stack of selected holy cards, then my “Fatima” rosary, then my standard rosary I also bought at an antique shop I really like because the beads are big and easy to handle and it looks fancy like the one my Grandma had, and then my home made Fatima 1 decade rosary: forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=891594

Having a place set a part for prayer always has helped me bring the presence of God and now more so with the sacramentals! During my non-Catholic era, I used just a chair I called my “prayer chair”.

Blessings,
HA
 
Let’s keep this thread alive, people!

I actually get a bedside table this year at college. I’m not lofting my bed, and my roommate’s lofting his bed, so there’s actually room. Of course I’m keeping my Bible, Rosary, and Christian Prayer on it. But I figured I’d spruce it up a bit, and make a little (inaccurately named) home altar. So I bought a crucifix online (instead of the cross with a dove I currently have). And so it looks nicer than just a trunk, I figured I’d add a little tablecloth to match the liturgical season.

Of course, I’m on a college budget, though. And although $6 is a decent price, 58"x58" is WAY more tablecloth than I actually need. So I just cut up a few old t-shirts to be makeshift tablecloths. 😛 (Only have green and white, though. Still need red and violet)
 
Yes indeed, let’s keep this thread alive!

I’ve updated my simple home altar. It’s just on top of one of my old stereo cabinets in front of the chair I pray a lot from.
The crucifix I got at the shrine of the only Church approved Marian apparition site in the USA. Also got it blessed there.
The Eucharistic medal I got from Holy Hill and blessed by the holy priest I grew up with.
The candles I got from Marytown the shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe outside of Chicago which also were blessed there.
This REALLY helps me pray!
 
hereagain said:
Yes indeed, let’s keep this thread alive!

I’ve updated my simple home altar. It’s just on top of one of my old stereo cabinets in front of the chair I pray a lot from.
The crucifix I got at the shrine of the only Church approved Marian apparition site in the USA. Also got it blessed there.
The Eucharistic medal I got from Holy Hill and blessed by the holy priest I grew up with.
The candles I got from Marytown the shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe outside of Chicago which also were blessed there.
This REALLY helps me pray!
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Nice, nice. I don’t yet have a picture, since I haven’t returned to school that I could actually set it up. But it’ll have:
*A St. Benedict crucifix
*2 Rosaries, including one I think is from my First Communion
*A 1-decade Rosary ring from my brother’s Confirmation (I was his sponsor)
*The Ignatius Bible
*Christian Prayer
*The Catechism
*St. Michael and St. Cecilia medals from that same Marian apparition site
*My t-shirts turned linens to match the day (so far I only have green and white)
*And, to fulfill its duty as my nightstand, an alarm clock.

Yeah, it’s actually a nightstand first. I just figured that since all my religious stuff will probably wind up there, I could spruce it up and call it a home altar.
 
Got a Padre Pio statue for my Prayer Corner, Padre and I share the same birthday, I only new we had the same birthday when I entered the Capuchins in the Philippines I got to know him better and I’m a devotee now, I wish to apply at San Giovanni Rotondo as a Spiritual Child.
I’m Planning to have the statue repainted soon since the “encarna” is not that good https://fbcdn-photos-g-a.akamaihd.n...9a7a1effd99039b42f5320169af2c6ed&oe=54F791B9&gda=1421435144_c10a45c6ca32819664cfca88b298e3ff
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