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How could I build a shrine in my house?
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are you talking about a home altar and if so i would get a crucifix for the center piece some votive candles, frankincense, holy water, some statues or pictures of Mary or the saints etc use the place as a place were you pray
 
We had an old house with a built-in telephone “bay”. We painted it and made it a small shrine to St. Joseph, who interceded for us to sell our previous house. When our house was blessed, we asked our deacon friend to bless the shrine, particularly. He did.
 
Blessed Margaret Castello had a chapel and chaplain in her house, unfortunately she was thrown out of the house because she was disabled, lame, blind, and a midget
 
Hello there!

A simple flat and solid space, such as a desk or the top of a drawer or something along those lines would work fine as a shrine. Pictures of the Blessed Mother, saints, Sacred heart, statues of saints, and a crucifix and candles, etc. I have the following:

Divine Mercy Statue
Immaculate Heart of Mary Statue
St. Jude statue
St. Therese statue
A Mary statue, with her hands clasped together in prayer. Not a full body statue, half body from waist up.

Looking to add a crucifix, candles, a st, michael, gabriel, and raphael statue soon!

God bless! Post pics when you have it up!
 
wwjd32 said:
How could I build a shrine in my house?
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Here’s what I did:

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This is simply a small hexagonal table set up in the corner of my library room.
On the table are the following:

Cross of San Damiano
Statue of Mary
Statue of St. Dymphna (which is also a third-class relic)
Bowl filled with sand. On the sand is a small piece of charcoal for burning incense. The sand insulates the charcoal (so the heat won’t damage the tablecloth or table top). Also, if I want to use an incense stick, I can simply stick it into the sand.
Tea candle

This is where I usually pray the Liturgy of the Hours each day. Outside the windows are some trees which one can see through the wooden blinds (as is apparent in the upper corners of the photo), so that makes a nice backdrop for the prayer shrine.

There is no holy water on the table because I have a holy water font next to the door.
 
I haven’t built mine yet, but I can tell you what I’m intending to do, if that would help.

I have an old table that’s been functioning as a de-facto prayer space in my room; basically, my bible, a journal with prayers written in it, my rosary, a candle, and from time to time this computer (I use Universalis to do the LOTH in lieu of a bound edition) rest on. At some point in the not so distant future, I intend to discard this table and replace it with a folding kneeler I’ve designed which includes a tilted lectern for my bible and space to store other other things.

Having said that, I’ve seen them as simple as, well, my current one, all the way up to aloves laden with shelving, icons with lanterns mounted in front of them, and elaborate censors. It’s really up to the person constructing them and the tastes involved.
 
EricFilmer said:
Here’s what I did:

This is simply a small hexagonal table set up in the corner of my library room.
On the table are the following:

Cross of San Damiano
Statue of Mary
Statue of St. Dymphna (which is also a third-class relic)
Bowl filled with sand. On the sand is a small piece of charcoal for burning incense. The sand insulates the charcoal (so the heat won’t damage the tablecloth or table top). Also, if I want to use an incense stick, I can simply stick it into the sand.
Tea candle

This is where I usually pray the Liturgy of the Hours each day. Outside the windows are some trees which one can see through the wooden blinds (as is apparent in the upper corners of the photo), so that makes a nice backdrop for the prayer shrine.

There is no holy water on the table because I have a holy water font next to the door.
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You have created a lovely shrine. 🙂 I especially like the San Damiano crucifix. I also use a bowl for burning incense that I fill with ash, so that the charcoal that I use to burn the resin incense doesn’t heat up the bowl and damage the tables surface.

What type of resin incense do you burn?

God bless
 
TempleofTheSoul said:
You have created a lovely shrine. 🙂 I especially like the San Damiano crucifix. I also use a bowl for burning incense that I fill with ash, so that the charcoal that I use to burn the resin incense doesn’t heat up the bowl and damage the tables surface.

What type of resin incense do you burn?

God bless
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Thanks for the compliments on my prayer shrine. Currently I have three different types of incense and alternate between them:

Monastery Incense’ “Queen of Heaven Supreme” FWIW, the Benedictine monks of St. Vincent Archabbey (in Latrobe, Pennsylvania) uses this same incense in many of their solemn liturgies. It is probably my all-time favorite.

Monastery Incense’ Russian Gardenia Supreme

The third kind is called “Greek Incense from Mount Athos” which I got at the bookstore at the Franciscan University of Stubenville (I don’t know if it is sold online).

As you can see from the above links, this incense is not exactly cheap (and the Greek incense was about ten bucks for two ounces). But I only burn about two or three pieces at a time (or I’ll smoke up the whole house) so one canister lasts me a very long time.

Aside from these, I usually pick up a small packet of frankincense for use during the Christmas season each year.

What sort of resin incense do you, yourself, use or recommend? I’m always interested in more for the sake of variety.
 
wwjd32 said:
How could I build a shrine in my house?
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Depends on what you may be actually thinking off. A formal alter? Or an informal quiet spot?

I have my prayer kneeler in my bedroom, between two book cases. Above the kneeler is a 15 inch high San Damiano crucifix. The kneeler has two holders for beeswax tealights. My bedroom is indeed an informal quiet spot, except for the squawking birds outside. But no TV, radio, CD player, or other distractions. I can light stick incense if I feel like it. I have a few other icons on the bedroom walls.

I have been told many times that my bedroom is more like a Monk’s cell then a modern bedroom. Still, I sleep well (maybe too well) and have this quiet place for prayer, reading, meditation, and so on.
 
Here’s my home shrine:

I have a wooden Madonna statue(I wrapped a rosary around the statue) that looks really nice in real life. a vase with fresh flowers(I just realized I need to change the flowers:o) next to the Madonna, a little bottle of holy water, two small candles and a little picture of Mary with baby Jesus. Normally the picture of Divine Mercy is above the shrine on the wall but I just re-framed it and need to hang it back on the wall.



I just quickly shot the photo with my cell phone. Sorry about the quality.
 
I have a little prayer place… it’s just a little table where I have an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a little statue of Our Lady of the Rosary and she is holding baby Jesus, a candle holder from a Russian monastery (with a candle of course), my Bible, holy water, and an icon of Mary.

Then on my shelf I have a framed Divine Mercy picture, and a whole bunch of other pictures lol like the Saints, and an Eastern icon of Jesus.
 
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