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:
OH. MY. GOSH.
AHHH!!! Words cannot express how freaking excited I am!!!!! *squeal!!!*
I guess a squeal says it all.
=P
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