Papist Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tufsoles Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 That is why I buy my candles off of Aquinas and more when they were still open. WAAAAAA. sniff sniff WAAAAAAAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 It's like when you a go in a bodega and see a statue of St. Barbara surrounded by candles and red Rosaries... is it a devotion to St. Barbara, or the santero/yoruba diety Chango? hmmm. !!!! now Im wondering about the statue of St Anthony at Mi Tierras bar in san antonioiooioioiii... and basically any mexican place ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 candles.jpg I love 'em. Do you? Any favorites? Creative holders? Uses? This is the official thread for grocery store religious candles. My grocer has a half aisle dedicated to these. I love 'em. My fav right now is JPII. :like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 dollar stores have them too :) So does Wal-Mart, amazingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Love them. Don't own any. One of these days, I want to make a little alter thing with those candles, icons, a rosary, saint things and the like. (I'll be even more obviously weird among my relatives/certain friends. Please tell me that's not that crazy.) Edited April 10, 2013 by Light and Truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Edited April 10, 2013 by Era Might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinaSt.Cecilia2772 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 My grandparents had an old mom and pop corner store that would import Mexican goods to sell. We always had an aisle dedicated to religious candles. I remember walking by them all the time just to look at all the colors and pictures on them. My grandparents Immigrated from Mexico when my they were just 18 and 16 and built their business from scratch. They imported a lot of Mexican goods that people always tried to find but never found, and the candles were some of those items. Those were the good old days. The store was demolished when Hurricane Ike hit. Hasn't been the same since. But the candles are good reminders, and also a big source of nostalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I had a Greek friend when I was a kid and his mom had this creepy picture of Jesus on the wall where the eyes would move when you walked by. Gringos don't buy that kinda stuff, you gotta go old country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anastasia13 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I had a Greek friend when I was a kid and his mom had this creepy picture of Jesus on the wall where the eyes would move when you walked by. Gringos don't buy that kinda stuff, you gotta go old country. White people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beati Pacifici Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 White people... Are awesome Just like all other people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 My grocery store ONLY has candles of St. Jude, which I found really weird, but I thought there must be some local thing with him. Of course, I'm in Virginia, so that doesn't make a lot of sense, but why else... :idontknow: I buy them even though I don't know what's in them. In fact, St. Jude got me through my thesis. When I was selling trees for Israel, I went into a Catholic church in Texas to talk to the secretary, and there was a painting hanging across from her desk of Mary with almost completely black eyes. Like, deep, dark, bottomless pits for eyes. It was FREAKY. Scared the CRAP out of me. And those people were white! What are these questionable candles people are talking about? Santeria something? Are they like cult candles that look like Catholic candles? Sorry, I'm in a super WASPy place here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 What are these questionable candles people are talking about? Santeria something? Are they like cult candles that look like Catholic candles? Sorry, I'm in a super WASPy place here... Santeria is highly syncretic, so they will take Catholic imagery and concepts and 're-brand' them with a paganistic, animistic purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Santeria is highly syncretic, so they will take Catholic imagery and concepts and 're-brand' them with a paganistic, animistic purpose. Why, when I hear "santeria", do I think "voodoo"? Is there a connection? Maybe just in the X-Files...? :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Because I've been to Mexico and, from what I've seen, the government there is a lost cause. Then it's appropriate that the National Shrine of St. Jude is in Chicago..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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