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CHANNELS TO GOD


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a list of troubles


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File:LM_St_Thomas.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Blindness | Blindness
File:LM_St_Thomas.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Blindness | Blindness
File:LM_St_Roch.JPG|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Contagious_Diseases_Epidemics | Epidemics
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File:LM_St_Genevieve.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Disasters | Disasters
File:LM_St_Cosmas_Damian.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Diseases | Diseases
File:LM_St_Florian.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Drowning_Floods | Floods
File:LM_St_Polycarp.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Earaches | Earaches
File:LM_St_Francis_Borgia.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Earthquakes | Earthquakes
File:LM_St_Lucy.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Eye_Disease | Eye Disease
File:LM_St_Raymond.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_False_Accusation | False Accusation
File:LM_St_Dismas.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Fear_Death | Fear of Death
File:LM_St_Patrick.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Fear_Snakes | Fear of Snakes
File:LM_St_Catherine_Of_Siena.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Fire | Fire
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File:LM_St_Martin_De_Porres.JPG|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Homeless | Homeless
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File:LM_St_Rita_Cascia.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Causes_Marriage_Crisis_Infertility | Lost Causes
File:LM_St_Zita.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Keys | Lost Keys
File:LM_St_Valentine.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Love | Lost Love
File:LM_St_Padua.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Objects | Lost Objects
File:LM_St_Dymphna.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Mental_Illness | Mental Illness
File:LM_St_Zechariah.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Muteness | Muteness
File:LM_St._Jerome_Emiliani.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Orphans | Orphans
File:LM_St_John_of_God.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Patients | Patients
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File:LM_St_Paul.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Snakebite | Snakebite
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File:LM_St_Blaise.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Throat_Diseases_Asphyxia | Asphyxia
File:LM_St_Barbara.jpg|link=User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Tragic_Death_Lightning_Thunder | Thunder
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SHORTCUT TO PRAYER


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Contagious_Diseases_Epidemics | Contagious Diseases / Epidemics]]
Patron Saints are specific links to God’s Grace in the Catholic and Orthodox tradition. They play the role of tailored channels for people’s
 
[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Contagious_Diseases_Prisoners | Contagious Diseases / Prisoners]]


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Deaf_Mutes | Deaf / Mutes]]
needs. Each one is known for their capacity to address particular problems, longings and fears. Besides their miraculous relationship with a


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Debts_Bankruptcy | Debts / Bankruptcy]]
certain field of action, they are also related to one specific country or profession, grounding believers in their enactment of faith. This


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Despair | Despair]]
hierarchy of communication is fundamental to render religion as a workable tool in everyday life. Generic prayer, to a Single Divine Ear,  


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Disasters | Disasters]]
seems to be inconceivable to address human ordinary needs.


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Diseases | Diseases]]
Within a particular community people believe to be protected by their own Patron Saint. Despite the fact that others might be invoked in


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Drowning_Floods | Drowning / Floods]]
special occasions, the local Saint makes part of one's identity. Praying to the local Patron carries higher chances of success once he is


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Earaches | Earaches]]
believed to have higher responsibilities toward 'his' people. The Patrons not only carry messages to God, but also play the role of the


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Earthquakes | Earthquakes]]
advocate. They intercede for the Believer. Prayers address specifically this plea and sometimes the promise of something in return. The


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Eye_Disease | Eye Disease]]
relationship between Patron Saint and Believer seems to have a very personal character. A mixture of respect and close friendship. It is with


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_False_Accusation | False Accusation]]
immense care that people organize parties in their Patron honor, with pure love that the statues get to be covered with flowers or even money


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Fear_Death | Fear of Death]]
"Saint Genevieve, you who by the days before, penance and prayer, ensured the protection of Paris, intercede near God for us, for our


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Fear_Snakes | Fear of Snakes]]
country, for the devoted Christian hearts (...)"


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Fire | Fire]]
This structure of communication with God is at the same time strictly regulated and flexible. All the Saints became recognized as such by


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Girls_Danger | Girls in Danger]]
very similar factors and their identity is defined by the subtle differences in their life story. All together they define a Spectrum of


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Homeless | Homeless]]
Ethical example and Divine Communication Vessels. The way to address them, the language code, the Prayer, is also standard, changing slightly


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Just_Urgent_Causes | Just and Urgent Causes]]
from language to language and according with the intensity and function of the plea. The flexible side of the Patronage system starts when


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Causes_Marriage_Crisis_Infertility | Lost Causes / Marriage Crisis / Infertility]]
all this factors are taken into account and respected. Saints can be adored and addressed in multiple and personal ways. A single individual


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Keys | Lost Keys]]
can elect his own Patron Saint or pray to whoever he wants, as long as it is done in the proper way and to a canonized figure.


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Love | Lost Love]]
The life ingredients that seem to make part of every saint's identity regard the humbleness and sacrifice of their existence, the fact that


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Lost_Objects | Lost Objects]]
they had an encounter with God and sometimes their tragic death. Pain, humiliation and public exposure are considered fundamental factors for


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Mental_Illness | Mental Illness]]
human respect. They get the right to be adored after giving away a normal standard of dignity. It's impossible to address this issue without


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Muteness | Muteness]]
going deeper into Catholic reasoning, the only thing that is important to note is that Saint's identity factors can be as subtle and specific


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Orphans | Orphans]]
as these.


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Patients | Patients]]
"From the moment I came to love suffering, it ceased to be a suffering for me. Suffering is the daily food of my soul" (Faustina's diary)


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Slander_Defamation | Slander / Defamation]]
"A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Snakebite | Snakebite]]
emblem, in order to identify them. They were particularly used so that the illiterate could recognize a scene, and to give each of the saints  


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Stomach_Disorders | Stomach Disorders]]
something of a personality in art. They are often carried in the hand by the saint (...)"


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Throat_Diseases_Asphyxia | Throat Diseases / Asphyxia]]
People's needs of expression are addressed in a very effective way by this Divine Communication System. It is a Media Structure at its very


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Tragic_Death_Lightning_Thunder | Tragic Death / Lightning / Thunder]]
best. Including the dependency it creates upon the user, in this case the Believer. The more the Saints get to be adored and included in


[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Travel_Accident | Travel Accident]]
every day's needs, the less likely will people be able to live without them. In this sense we see a clear example on how communication
 
[[User:Luisa_Moura/research/work/Luisa Moura, patron saints, 2014_Wars | Wars]]
 
 
SHORTCUT TO PRAYER


channels on their own establish subtle systems of control. No other means to induce religious everyday practice is necessary. It's extremely


Patron Saints are specific links to God’s Grace in the Catholic and Orthodox tradition. They play the role of tailored channels for people’s needs. Each one is known for their capacity to address particular problems, longings and fears. Besides their miraculous relationship with a certain field of action, they are also related to one specific country or profession, grounding believers in their enactment of faith. This hierarchy of communication is fundamental to render religion as a workable tool in everyday life. Generic prayer, to a Single Divine Ear, seems to be inconceivable to address human ordinary needs.
complete. It feels personal, it is collectively recognized, is is diverse and flexible, it has rules and therefore induces nice feelings of  


In a particular community people believe to be protected by their own Patron Saint. Despite the fact that others might be invoked in special occasions, the local Saint makes part of one's identity. Praying to the local Patron carries higher chances of success once he is believed to have higher responsibilities toward 'his' people. The Patrons not only carry messages to God, but also play the role of the advocate. They intercede for the Believer. Prayers address specifically this plea and sometimes the promise of something in return. The relationship between Patron Saint and Believer seems to have a very personal character: respect and close friendship. It is with immense care that people organize parties in their Patron's honor, with pure love that the statues are covered with flowers or even money.
accomplishment and discipline, it implies an image, a statue, triggering the pleasure of collecting, keeping and crafting.


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CHANNELS TO GOD

a list of troubles

SHORTCUT TO PRAYER

Patron Saints are specific links to God’s Grace in the Catholic and Orthodox tradition. They play the role of tailored channels for people’s

needs. Each one is known for their capacity to address particular problems, longings and fears. Besides their miraculous relationship with a

certain field of action, they are also related to one specific country or profession, grounding believers in their enactment of faith. This

hierarchy of communication is fundamental to render religion as a workable tool in everyday life. Generic prayer, to a Single Divine Ear,

seems to be inconceivable to address human ordinary needs.

Within a particular community people believe to be protected by their own Patron Saint. Despite the fact that others might be invoked in

special occasions, the local Saint makes part of one's identity. Praying to the local Patron carries higher chances of success once he is

believed to have higher responsibilities toward 'his' people. The Patrons not only carry messages to God, but also play the role of the

advocate. They intercede for the Believer. Prayers address specifically this plea and sometimes the promise of something in return. The

relationship between Patron Saint and Believer seems to have a very personal character. A mixture of respect and close friendship. It is with

immense care that people organize parties in their Patron honor, with pure love that the statues get to be covered with flowers or even money

"Saint Genevieve, you who by the days before, penance and prayer, ensured the protection of Paris, intercede near God for us, for our

country, for the devoted Christian hearts (...)"

This structure of communication with God is at the same time strictly regulated and flexible. All the Saints became recognized as such by

very similar factors and their identity is defined by the subtle differences in their life story. All together they define a Spectrum of

Ethical example and Divine Communication Vessels. The way to address them, the language code, the Prayer, is also standard, changing slightly

from language to language and according with the intensity and function of the plea. The flexible side of the Patronage system starts when

all this factors are taken into account and respected. Saints can be adored and addressed in multiple and personal ways. A single individual

can elect his own Patron Saint or pray to whoever he wants, as long as it is done in the proper way and to a canonized figure.

The life ingredients that seem to make part of every saint's identity regard the humbleness and sacrifice of their existence, the fact that

they had an encounter with God and sometimes their tragic death. Pain, humiliation and public exposure are considered fundamental factors for

human respect. They get the right to be adored after giving away a normal standard of dignity. It's impossible to address this issue without

going deeper into Catholic reasoning, the only thing that is important to note is that Saint's identity factors can be as subtle and specific

as these.

"From the moment I came to love suffering, it ceased to be a suffering for me. Suffering is the daily food of my soul" (Faustina's diary)

"A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or

emblem, in order to identify them. They were particularly used so that the illiterate could recognize a scene, and to give each of the saints

something of a personality in art. They are often carried in the hand by the saint (...)"

People's needs of expression are addressed in a very effective way by this Divine Communication System. It is a Media Structure at its very

best. Including the dependency it creates upon the user, in this case the Believer. The more the Saints get to be adored and included in

every day's needs, the less likely will people be able to live without them. In this sense we see a clear example on how communication

channels on their own establish subtle systems of control. No other means to induce religious everyday practice is necessary. It's extremely

complete. It feels personal, it is collectively recognized, is is diverse and flexible, it has rules and therefore induces nice feelings of

accomplishment and discipline, it implies an image, a statue, triggering the pleasure of collecting, keeping and crafting.