Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Our Lady of Guadalupe "Patroness of the Unborn" Charm Bracelet


PATRONESS OF THE UNBORN
THE BLACK BELT
She was with child because she wore the Aztec Maternity Belt.
In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to a poor Indian at Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City; she identified herself as the Mother of the True God, instructed him to have the bishop build a temple on the site and left an image of herself imprinted miraculously on his tilma, a poor quality cactus-cloth, which should have deteriorated in 20 years but shows no sign of decay 474 years later and still defies all scientific explanations of its origin.
PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
O Virgin of Guadalupe,
Mother of the Americas,
grant to our homes the grace of loving
and respecting life in its beginnings,
with the same love with which
you conceived in your womb
the life of the Son of God.
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of Fair Love,
protect our families so that
they may always be united
and bless the upbringing of our children.

Our hope, look upon us with pity,
teach is to go continually to Jesus,
and if we fall
help us to rise again and return to Him
through the confession of our faults
and our sins in the Sacrament of penance,
which gives peace to the soul.

We beg you to grant us a great love
of all the holy Sacraments,
which are, as it were,
the signs that your Son left us on earth.
Thus, Most Holy Mother,
with the peace of God in our consciences,
with our hearts free from evil and hatred,
we will be able to bring to all others
true joy and peace,
which come to us from your Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.

(Pope John Paul II.)


With this bracelet I wanted to make honor to Our Lady of Guadalupe as "Patroness of the Unborn" adding a photo charm for a baby picture.
I also used a St. Gerard medal, Patron Saint of the unborn and other Catholic medals. I also used roses as well as Rose: The rose is regarded as the "queen of flowers", and often symbolizes Mary, the Queen of Heaven. Also an almost universal symbol of perfect love, its color, perfection of form, and fragrance, as well as its thorns signifies Mary's role in salvation history as the Mother of God the Savior who was crowned with thorns and shed His blood on the Cross for love of mankind. The rose, arising from a thorny bush, also signifies Mary, the Mystical Rose

Most of the roses are polymer clay. I did used a carved coral flower on center and a turquoise howlite stone cross.

Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Vintage Mother of Pearl Medal Charm Bracelet


"The Blessed Virgin was standing on a globe, and her face was beautiful beyond words. Her fingers were covered with precious jewels whose light dazzled me. And I heard: 'Behold the symbol of the graces I shed upon those who ask for them!' Then an oval frame formed around the Blessed Virgin and I read in letters of gold: 'O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.' The vision reversed and I beheld the letter 'M' surmounted by a cross, at the foot of the cross, a bar, and below all, the Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns, and the Heart of Mary pierced with a sword. A voice said to me, 'Have a medal struck after this model. Persons who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck.' "Sister (now Saint) Catherine Labour".
THE RAYS BEING DISPERSED BY OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL CAME FROM THE GEMSTONES ON HER FINGERS

I was inspired to create a bracelet of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal surrounded by gemstones and flowers- I chose the rose because The rose is regarded as the "queen of flowers", and often symbolizes Mary, the Queen of Heaven. Also an almost universal symbol of perfect love, its color, perfection of form, and fragrance, as well as its thorns signifies Mary's role in salvation history as the Mother of God the Savior who was crowned with thorns and shed His blood on the Cross for love of mankind. The rose, arising from a thorny bush, also signifies Mary, the Mystical Rose


I used a beautiful vintage mother of pearl medal of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal surrounded by roses and Peruvian pink opal gemstones and Czech. Glass beads.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Sacred Heart of Jesus Vintage Cameo Charm Bracelet

From the depth of my nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power.Amen. - - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Prayer to the Sacred Heart by Saint Francis De Sales
May Thy Heart dwell always in our hearts!May Thy Blood ever flow in the veins of our souls!O sun of our hearts, Thou givest life to all things by the rays of Thy goodness!I will not go until Thy Heart has strengthened me, O Lord Jesus!May the Heart of Jesus be the King of my heart!Blessed be God. Amen.


On this bracelet I created to honor Our Most Humble and Loving Sacred Heart of Jesus, I used a vintage acrylic cameo on goldtone setting. Setting is not vintage. I used other Catholic medals including Miraculous Medal, St. Padre Pio, St. Michael and others. I also used a beautiful locket.


Virgin Mary "Queen of Angels" Charm Bracelet


August Queen of Heaven, sovereign Queen of Angels, you who at the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of satan, we beseech you humbly, send your Holy legions so that, on your orders and by your power, they will track down demons, fight them everywhere, curb their audacity and plunge them into the abyss.Who can be compared to God? Oh good and tender Mother, you will always be our love and our hope.Oh Divine Mother, send the Holy Angels and Archangels to defend me and to keep the cruel enemy far from me.Holy Angels and Archangels defend us, protect us. Amen.


I wanted to create a bracelet to honor Our Blessed Mother as "Queen of the Angels". I used a beautiful porcelain cameo of Virgin Mary being crowned by two angels. I used handcrafted angels made with vintage lucite, brass angel charms and a beautiful 3D cross with rhinestones.


Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Virgin Mary "Our Lady of Sorrows" Catholic Bracelet

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF SORROWS
Immaculate Mother of God,
who didst endure a martyrdom of love and grief,
beholding the sufferings and sorrows of Jesus!
Thou didst co-operate in the benefit of my redemption
by thy innumerable afflictions
and by offering to the Eternal Father His only-begotten Son
as a holocaust and victim of propitiation for my sins.
I thank thee for the unspeakable love
which led thee to deprive thyself of the Fruit of thy womb,
Jesus, true God and true Man,
to save me, a sinner.
Oh! make use of the unfailing intercession of thy sorrows
with the Father and the Son,
that I may steadfastly amend my life
and never again crucify my loving Redeemer by new sins;
arid that, persevering till death in His grace,
I may obtain eternal life through the merits of His Cross and Passion.
Amen.
(By St. Bridget)


I created this bracelet as a reminder of Our Blessed Mother's suffering and the tears she shed for love and sorrows of the crucifixion of Ouf Lord Jesus Christ. Love because, She loved him so much like She loves us and sorrow to see Him suffer the way He suffered.

I added teardrop beads to represent her sorrow and quartz hearts to represent her love. I also added angels, one decade rosary attached and other Catholic medals including St. Theresa, St. Michael, St. Anthony and others.