Question About Our Lady

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In just about every picture of Our Lady of Fatima she is holding a Rosary (sometimes a scapular) what I dont understand is what is around her neck. I asked my parish priest and he didnt know.
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There are a variety of pictures and I’m not sure what you mean. It would be helpful if you could post a link to a picture that shows what you’re talking about
 
This is the only one I could find quickly. I tried blowing it up but it quickly becomes fuzzy. It seems to be a golden ball on a cord. That doesn’t trigger anything in my memory.
 
I can’t tell if it’s a ball or medal, but if it’s a ball it may represent the sun, or the world.
 
I understand the ball represents the world. No data to back this up at this time. Will look into this and post any info.
 
My guess, and it’s only a guess, is that it represents the conception of Our Lord. On the statues I’ve seen, the little golden ball is always right at her womb. 🙂

Prolly wrong, but that’s what it made me think of.
 
The image of Our Lady of Fatima, as described by Lucia, always shows her with a golden ball at her waist, representative that the Fatima message is for the world.

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JMJ
Thank you guys very much!
If you have any further info or and other opinions please feal free to post them!
AMDG
 
Catholic Life - Thanks for the link. It is a great story and should be better known. [or maybe it is and I just missed it.;)]
 
The ball could also represent the sun…as in the Miracle of the Sun.
 
what a terrific link, thank you so much
sure wish the artist who made the most commonly seen portrayal of the Divine Mercy image had worked this closely with Sr. Faustina
 
Wow. That is a great link.

What strikes me about some these apparitions is how real they are in the sense that we don’t understand everything in them, just like events in normal life. That Mary “always had a cord with a little ball of light” around her neck just seems real. Significant,without us knowing the significance.

Made up stories often seem to me to either have no significant details, or the significance of the details hit you over the head.

Another example comes to mind: When Our Lady of Lourdes told St. Bernadette to eat the plants near the spring. Anyone ever speculate on why?

VC
 
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Wow. That is a great link.

What strikes me about some these apparitions is how real they are in the sense that we don’t understand everything in them, just like events in normal life. That Mary “always had a cord with a little ball of light” around her neck just seems real. Significant,without us knowing the significance.

Made up stories often seem to me to either have no significant details, or the significance of the details hit you over the head.

Another example comes to mind: When Our Lady of Lourdes told St. Bernadette to eat the plants near the spring. Anyone ever speculate on why?

VC
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Obedience and humility, virtues with which Bernadette apparently had some problems in accepting. Not that she was not obedient and humble, but she had a strong personality and would often go in a slightly different direction than she was supposed to. One example

Bernadette was a celebrity at her Convent and often well connected people would come to the Convent to see her and to touch her, She did not care for this at all and spoke of how simple those people were in thinking that she was anything special.:eek: But she was under orders to meet these people, spend time with them and socialize a bit. She hated it and avoided meeting these people whenever possible. . Anyway on one occasion, a rather wealthy looking woman came to the convent and upon seeing Bernadette, a very small and not very impressive looking person, remember she suffered from asthma, had cholera and persistent health problems all of her life, asked her if she could point her to where the great seer Bernadette was at as she wanted to talk to her. Without missing a beat Bernadette told her that she had just missed seeing her on the other side of the convent gardens. The woman went off in search of Bernadette and Bernadette made good her escape into the cloister. Disobedience pure and simple yet perfectly in tune with her strong personality and character.

Another reason given is that is where the miraculous spring welled up and her eating the plants and dirt proved to our Lady that Bernadette was a special person indeed.

Although, I kinda think the Blessed Mother already knew that.👍

One last story about Bernadette, totally unrelated to the topic but demonstrative of her character. Her Father had for some time run a tavern of sorts and Bernadette as a young girl had to work there bringing alcholic drinks out to the patrons. Later in life she was heard to say to young girls:

“Never be in a room with a man who is drinking unless you have an open door behind you”👍👍.

Priceless and perfect!
 
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