#st joachim

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary

Feast Day: July 26

Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich.  He married St. Anne from Bethlehem and Mary was promised to them by an Angel. They are honored as role models for parents. 

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[praisedbesophia]

Novena to the All Powerful Hand of God:

"O Powerful Hand of God!

I place my Christian soul before Thee, and in my despair and anguish, beseech Thee to bring the most powerful strength of Thy Helping Hand to come to my rescue

Help me to keep You in view, I place the devotion of my sorrowful heart at Thy feet that I may be pardoned from a destiny of suffering

May the loving kindness of Thy Sacred Heart and the wonders of Thy Powerful Hand help me and give me strength and wisdom to live in peace and happiness

Amen"

[tomicscomics]

08/21/2020

A softball of a joke, but the "Mary, Mary" line was too fun of an idea to pass up.

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1.  Joachim's first line is a play on a common rhyme.  The original starts with, "Mary, Mary, QUITE contrary, how does your garden grow?"  I've changed one word and created a cinematic masterpiece. 2.  Joachim asks if the garden is a rosemary garden because there are ROSES grown by MARY.  He just fuses the words ROSES and MARY to make ROSEMARY.  I feel like he just... he just straight up explains that in the comic... what am I doing...? 3.  When someone doesn't get a joke, one might say the joke "went over their head".  I subtly imply this effect in a literal sense by drawing a dotted line, indicating the trajectory of the joke as it arcs over Mary's head, which here symbolizes her capacity (or lack thereof) to understand the joke.  The dotted line is labeled "the joke", for further clarity that the joke indicated by the aforementioned dotted line has gone over her head.  I'll have to draw up some schematics and a few diagrams to fully illustrate.

[womb-and-the-cloud]

(Top) St. Joachim walks with his daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

(Bottom) St. Anne with her daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Source: Unknown.

[divinum-pacis]

An icon of the presentation of Mary.

[aztec-religion]

Los Cinco Personas Santa Anna, Santa Maria, El Niño Jesus, San Jose, San Joaquin

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary

Feast Day: July 26

Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich.  He married St. Anne from Bethlehem and Mary was promised to them by an Angel. They are honored as role models for parents. 

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary Feast Day: July 26 Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich.  He married St. Anne from Bethlehem and Mary was promised to them by an Angel. They are honored as role models for parents.  {website}