It's Finally Official: Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2001 en Madrid

>> Saturday, July 19, 2008



La Virgen de La Almudena is the female patron saint of Madrid. (San Isidro [St.Isadore] is the male patron saint.) According to legend, when the Moors controlled Spain, the Catholics hid this statue of Our Lady with a "fold of a wall" ("almudaina" in Arabic) or in a nearby storage for grain ("almudit"). When Alphonse VI reconquered Madrid, the statue was miraculously discovered, and it is now venerated in Madrid's Cathedral.

La Virgen de La Almudena y San Isidro, orate pro nobis!


WE'RE GOING TO SPAIN, HIJO!

(...and maybe France.)

2 comments:

Lisa E. July 20, 2008 at 10:39 AM  

OH. MY. GOSH.

AHHH!!! Words cannot express how freaking excited I am!!!!! *squeal!!!*

Sean July 20, 2008 at 9:07 PM  

I guess a squeal says it all.

=P