{"id":1402,"date":"2019-09-24T07:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2019-09-24T07:46:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:46:06","slug":"163-st-james-met-the-madonna-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1402","title":{"rendered":"163- St. James sees the Madonna in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11368562\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season14replay55_6\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moving along the timeline of history of the Virgin Mary in\nan expanded look beyond my book <em>Constant\nProcession<\/em> to when the Virgin Mary appeared to St. James in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050148.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050148.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050148-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050148-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050148-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050148-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Our Lady of Pilar (Pillar) is a minor Basilica-Cathedral&#8230;this is where the pillar resides as do many other chapels and alters&#8230;the famous Goya has work within it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050142.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050142.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050142-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050142-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050142-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1050142-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Wider view of the wall&#8230;the actual forum is still intact in a museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story goes something like this: Saint James the Apostle who with great zeal went into Spain to spread the Good New of Jesus Christ. He found himself in Zaragosa (Saragosa) around 40AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was an established Roman settlement on the banks of the Ebro River. He was deep in prayer due to his unsuccessful attempts to gain followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Virgin Mary who at the time was living in the Middle East came to him at that moment in the time on a pillar (pilar) made of Jasmine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She offered her motherly support to encourage St James and helped him to renew his commitment through her encouragement and visitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She requested he build a chapel around the jasmine pillar that she stood on which the modern day Basilica was built around and it can be found there today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she\npassed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment 93<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:74px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving along the timeline of history of the Virgin Mary in an expanded look beyond my book Constant Procession to when the Virgin Mary appeared to St. James in Spain. The story goes something like this: Saint James the Apostle who with great zeal went into Spain to spread the Good New of Jesus Christ. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1402\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;163- St. James sees the Madonna in Spain&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}