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Triduo En Honor De Nuestra Senora De La Antigua. Taller Senda.
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Panama
Description
Legend has it that when the Cathedral of Seville was being refurbished in the XIV century, the only part of the original structure they left untouched was a wall whereupon hung an image of the Virgin Mary that subsequently became known as Santa María la Antigua, which means the old St. Mary. In 1510, the Spanish Conquistadors Vasco de Nuñez de Balboa and Martín Fernández de Enciso founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua del Darién in what is modern day Columbia, thereby bringing the cult around this Mary to the Americas.
However, when the first Cathedral is built in 1513, in what became Panama, it was given the name Santa María la Antigua. Devotion to Santa María la Antigua has always been huge in Panama, however, rather incredibly, it was only in the year 2000 that she was officially recognized by the Holy See as the Patroness of the country. Her feast day is September 9.
References:
Nunez Castillero, Manuelita. Nuestra Señora de la Antigua, primera devoción mariana en Panama. Ciudad de Panamá: Taller Senda, 2001.
Researched by Lillian L. Weber
Popular Devotions
Prayer: Maria de los jovenes, virgin alegre y valiente, mira a todo tu pueblo joven que necesita un ideal. Danos entusiasmo ante la vida y capacidad de amar hasta la muerte. Ayudanos a unirons organizadamente para trabajar por la paz y la justicia. Virgen joven, Virgen del Amor. Virgen de la Sonrisa y del Compromiso, ruega por toda la juventud que busca el amor con entusiasmo y se prepara para cumplir su vocacion al servicio de Dios y de sus hermanos. Amen.
Feast day of Our Lady of la Antigua is celebrated on the third Sunday of January.
Hail Mary
Dios te salve, María.
Llena eres de gracia: El Señor es contigo.
Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres.
Y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre: Jesús.
Santa María, Madre de Dios,
ruega por nosotros pecadores,
ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte.
Amen.
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