{"id":7417,"date":"2011-05-30T01:01:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T05:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=7417"},"modified":"2011-05-30T07:16:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T11:16:51","slug":"our-lady-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2011\/05\/30\/our-lady-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">The\u00a0devotion of\u00a0Our Lady of\u00a0Hope dates back many\u00a0centuries. It became\u00a0more\u00a0intense\u00a0at the time\u00a0of\u00a0discovery\u00a0through the faith\u00a0of the navigators\u00a0that, under the protection\u00a0of\u00a0the VirginMary,\u00a0ventured out on seas never\u00a0before\u00a0navigated\u00a0upon.\u00a0In\u00a0Belmonte,\u00a0the birthplace of \u00a0Pedro\u00a0Alvares\u00a0Cabral,\u00a0is\u00a0venerated\u00a0Our\u00a0Lady\u00a0of Hope.\u00a0The\u00a0image,\u00a0weighing\u00a090kg (198.5 lbs),\u00a0is carved\u00a0in stone,\u00a0has\u00a0the\u00a0infant Jesus\u00a0on her lap, looking \u00a0to a\u00a0dove sitting\u00a0on\u00a0the right arm\u00a0of Mary.\u00a0The story goes that\u00a0the\u00a0King\u00a0Dom\u00a0Manuel, on\u00a0March 8, 1500,\u00a0Sunday,\u00a0after Mass\u00a0celebrated\u00a0by Bishop\u00a0Diego\u00a0Ortiz, saw the\u00a0caravelas ready \u00a0and gave\u00a0the\u00a0royal\u00a0banner\u00a0and the\u00a0image\u00a0of\u00a0Our\u00a0Lady of\u00a0Hope to [Portuguese explorer] Pedro \u00c1lvares Cabral.\u00a0On\u00a0April 22,\u00a0after crossing the\u00a0Atlantic Ocean, Cabral\u00a0anchored\u00a0with\u00a0his fleet\u00a0in\u00a0Porto\u00a0Seguro.\u00a0The next day, Sunday,\u00a0all\u00a0participated in the\u00a0Mass\u00a0celebrated\u00a0by Father\u00a0Henrique de\u00a0Coimbra and on the\u00a0makeshift altar,\u00a0erected\u00a0in the shadow\u00a0of the\u00a0cross, sat\u00a0a\u00a0statue of Our\u00a0Lady of Hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7418\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2011\/04\/esperan\u00e7a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7418\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7418 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2011\/04\/esperan\u00e7a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">painting recreating the arrival of the statue<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prayer to Our Lady of Hope:<\/p>\n<p>O\u00a0Mary, my\u00a0mother,\u00a0I kneel\u00a0before\u00a0you,\u00a0with\u00a0a heavy heart.\u00a0The\u00a0burden\u00a0of my\u00a0sins oppresses\u00a0me.\u00a0The knowledge\u00a0of\u00a0my\u00a0weakness\u00a0discourages\u00a0me.\u00a0I am\u00a0troubled\u00a0from fears and\u00a0temptations of every kind.\u00a0But\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0so\u00a0attached\u00a0to things\u00a0of this world,\u00a0that\u00a0rather\u00a0than striving\u00a0for\u00a0heaven\u00a0I am filled with\u00a0anguish\u00a0at the thought of\u00a0death.\u00a0O\u00a0Mother\u00a0of\u00a0mercy,have\u00a0mercy on\u00a0me\u00a0in\u00a0my misery!\u00a0You all-powerful\u00a0next\u00a0to\u00a0your Divine\u00a0Son.\u00a0There\u00a0is no request\u00a0of your\u00a0Immaculate\u00a0Heart\u00a0that\u00a0he\u00a0could refuse.\u00a0Show\u00a0yourself a true Mother\u00a0to\u00a0me, interceding\u00a0for me\u00a0before his\u00a0throne.\u00a0O\u00a0Refuge of\u00a0Sinners\u00a0and\u00a0Hope\u00a0of the hopeless who\u00a0returns to me\u00a0but will I to you?\u00a0Obtain for\u00a0me,\u00a0O\u00a0Mother\u00a0of\u00a0Hope, the\u00a0grace of\u00a0true repentance\u00a0for my sins,\u00a0the gift of\u00a0perfect\u00a0resignation\u00a0to\u00a0God&#8217;s\u00a0holy will\u00a0and the courage\u00a0to\u00a0take up my\u00a0cross\u00a0and follow Jesus.\u00a0But above\u00a0all\u00a0I ask you,\u00a0O\u00a0dearest Mother,\u00a0that\u00a0by\u00a0your\u00a0most powerful\u00a0intercession\u00a0my\u00a0heart\u00a0is\u00a0full\u00a0of\u00a0hope\u00a0for\u00a0Holy\u00a0in\u00a0the darkest hour\u00a0of life,\u00a0I never\u00a0cease to\u00a0trust\u00a0in God\u00a0my\u00a0Savior,\u00a0but\u00a0walking the\u00a0path\u00a0of\u00a0His commandments,\u00a0I may\u00a0merit\u00a0to be\u00a0united with\u00a0Him\u00a0and\u00a0with you\u00a0in the eternal\u00a0joys\u00a0of heaven<\/p>\n<p>Maria, Our Hope, have mercy on us. Help of the desperate, Pray for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edilma Vanderlei de Oliveira<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/nossasenhora\/2011\/04\/14\/nossa-senhora-da-esperanca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portuguese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0devotion of\u00a0Our Lady of\u00a0Hope dates back many\u00a0centuries. It became\u00a0more\u00a0intense\u00a0at the time\u00a0of\u00a0discovery\u00a0through the faith\u00a0of the navigators\u00a0that, under the protection\u00a0of\u00a0the VirginMary,\u00a0ventured out on seas never\u00a0before\u00a0navigated\u00a0upon.\u00a0In\u00a0Belmonte,\u00a0the birthplace of \u00a0Pedro\u00a0Alvares\u00a0Cabral,\u00a0is\u00a0venerated\u00a0Our\u00a0Lady\u00a0of Hope.\u00a0The\u00a0image,\u00a0weighing\u00a090kg (198.5 lbs),\u00a0is carved\u00a0in stone,\u00a0has\u00a0the\u00a0infant Jesus\u00a0on her lap, looking \u00a0to a\u00a0dove sitting\u00a0on\u00a0the right arm\u00a0of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25555,25556],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7417"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7889,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions\/7889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}