{"id":331,"date":"2018-01-16T07:40:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2019-01-15T07:41:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:41:38","slug":"75th-installment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"75- Our Lady of &#8220;La Garde&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iframe%20style=border:%20none%20src=\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6154481\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/%20height=90%20width=100%%20scrolling=no%20%20allowfullscreen%20webkitallowfullscreen%20mozallowfullscreen%20oallowfullscreen%20msallowfullscreen\/iframe\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6154481\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A thirteenth century fishermen and the story of the \u201cguard rock\u201d mariners believed the Virgin Mary would come to when helping distressed seafarers find their way back to Marseilles plus an exclusion in modern times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-336\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/money-shot-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Vista view the Madonna sees perched atop her beloved &quot;guard rock&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/money-shot-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/money-shot-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/money-shot.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contemporary vista view the Madonna sees perched atop her beloved &#8220;guard rock&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-334\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16th-century-chapel-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white Illustration of the original 16th century chapel.\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16th-century-chapel-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16th-century-chapel.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of the original 16th century chapel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-333\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/albert-marquet-vue-de-marseille-et-notre-dame-de-la-garde-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Impressionist illustration from the north side of the bay at tha Basilica\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/albert-marquet-vue-de-marseille-et-notre-dame-de-la-garde-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/albert-marquet-vue-de-marseille-et-notre-dame-de-la-garde.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City side view looking at the southern side of the bay towards the statue atop the Basilica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/by-Paul-Signac-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Painting by Paul Signac of Our Lady of the Guard from across the bay in Marseilles, France\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/by-Paul-Signac-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/by-Paul-Signac-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/by-Paul-Signac-1400x1074.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/by-Paul-Signac-1200x920.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/by-Paul-Signac.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting by Paul Signac of Our Lady of the Guard from across the bay in Marseilles, France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-07-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The 30' tall Statue atop the Basicila 150' tall overlooking Marseilles, France beyond the bay\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-07-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-07-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-07.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 30&#8242; tall Statue atop the Basicila 150&#8242; tall overlooking Marseilles, France beyond the bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-01-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Bird's eye close-up of the statue of the Virgin Mary and Child known as &quot;Our Lady of the Guard&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-01-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-01-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird&#8217;s eye close-up of the statue of the Virgin Mary and Child known as &#8220;Our Lady of the Guard&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/lift-to-top.jpg\" alt=\"Poster of the elevator used to take people up to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Guard\" width=\"176\" height=\"240\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People have flocked to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Guard. This elevator to the top was completed in 1892, only to be taken down in 1964!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Constant Procession is a book, a personal memoir about the history of the Virgin Mary or the Madonna since she passed on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The book runs from Episode 1-49 in contiguous installments that run around 7 minutes in length each.<\/p>\n<p>Additional material not in the book starts from Podcast 50 and updates are published every Tuesday morning and read by me, Nikos Steves, the author.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=4\">To listen from the beginning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I value feedback via the comments section or better still via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/theapparitionsan02walsuoft\/theapparitionsan02walsuoft_djvu.txt\"><em>Apparitions and Shrines of Heaven&#8217;s Bright Queen<\/em> by William J. Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Marseille\">Information on Notre-Dame de la Garde<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notredamedelagarde.com\">Official website of Notre-Dame de la Garde<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Notre-Dame_de_la_Garde#\/media\/File:Annonciation.jpg\">More info on Our Lady of the Guard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thirteenth century fishermen and the story of the \u201cguard rock\u201d mariners believed the Virgin Mary would come to when helping distressed seafarers find their way back to Marseilles plus an exclusion in modern times. Constant Procession is a book, a personal memoir about the history of the Virgin Mary or the Madonna since she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=331\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;75- Our Lady of &#8220;La Garde&#8221;&#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-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","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=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}