Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Our Lady of Mariapocs, part 1

My husband, Sean, went to work yesterday, for a six day trip.  Before he left, however, he made me four boards in his workshop.  Last night I began to gesso the boards.  While I gessoed I meditated on my next icon. 
I am leaning toward writing Our Lady of Mariapocs.  I went to school just outside of Vienna for several years, and visited the original icon at St. Stephan's Cathedral many times (written by Stefan Papp for the ikonostas of the Monastery of the Basilian Fathers in Pocs).  It is a miracle working icon, witnessing the protection and intercession of the Mother of God.  Mariapocs has wept tears in Pocs (now called Mariapocs), Hungary.  She was moved to Vienna because the Austrian Emperor had heard of her miraculous tears.  The Hungarians were not happy with this, and insisted on stopping the carriage that carried her, every step on the way to Vienna, so as to pay homage to Our Lady.  However, the Viennese couldn't bear to part with her either.  They made a copy and sent the copy back to Hungary.  God has his way: It is the copy in Hungary that now weeps.
I prayed before the original Our Lady of Mariapocs many times with Sean.  I prayed in particular for our discernment of marriage to one another (we were either friends or dating during that time), and mostly that he would fall in love with me and be my husband.  Our Lady has her way too!

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