{"id":26921,"date":"2012-03-27T06:19:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T10:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/03\/the-golden-rose-given-to-our-l\/"},"modified":"2012-03-27T06:19:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T10:19:49","slug":"the-golden-rose-given-to-our-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/03\/the-golden-rose-given-to-our-l\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Rose given to Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"BVM<\/a>A rose among thorns. Well, almost. Man and woman
\nalways want to give an expression of love and affection to another. In the
\ncourse of history you will notice the gifts of love’s sentiment and reality
\ngiven to God, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints. Visit a shrine where
\nhealings are reported and you’ll notice tokens of gratitude: lockets, flowers, chalices, artwork, and the like. One beautiful gift of
\nlove was given by Pope Benedict Monday evening to the Virgen de la Caridad de
\nCobre in Cuba: a golden rose. The papal gift of a golden rose dates back to the
\nmiddle ages when a pope held a golden rose in a procession on Laetare Sunday,
\nthe fourth Sunday of Lent. It was Pope Eugene III who called the rose a sign of
\nChrist’s passion: the gold symbolizing the resurrection and the thorns the
\nsuffering.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Over time the golden rose was given to Church dignitaries thus
\nexpanding the meaning: a personal honor and a reminder: do not forget the
\nresponsibilities and duties that come with being a Christian. Beyond the human
\nhonor given to royalty, the rose was given to abbeys and sanctuaries of the
\nVirgin Mary. Pope John Paul II gave a few these roses to shrines and Pope
\nBenedict XVI is fond of the custom and so he’s given roses to Altötting, Mariazell,
\nFatima, Aparecida, USA and now to Cuba. <\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A rose among thorns. Well, almost. Man and woman always want to give an expression of love and affection to another. In the course of history you will notice the gifts of love’s sentiment and reality given to God, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints. Visit a shrine where healings are reported and you’ll … Continue reading The Golden Rose given to Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Cuba<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[32088],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}