{"id":918,"date":"2019-01-08T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2019-01-08T08:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T12:23:35","slug":"126-madonna-del-soccorso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"126- Our Mother of Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8171921\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season10was74\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The apparitions of\u00a0 &#8220;Our Mother of Help&#8221; (aka Madonna del Soccorso, the Patroness of Sciacca) tells of a 14th century landlocked apparition and fishermen turned seafarers.<br\/><\/p>\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\">(This podcast is a re-play of Season 4- Episode 74.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One night in 1306 an Augustinian Friar received a vision of the Madonna who\u2019s radiant beauty overcame him. The Virgin Mary spoke to him saying she was the &#8220;Mother of Help&#8221; or the Madonna of Rescue and came to his town Sciacca to aid and assist the towns people.\u00a0 She asked him to get up and spread the story of his being healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2300\" height=\"1730\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Madonna_del_Soccorso_in_processione_-_Palmi.jpg\" alt=\"A Statue in a procession of our Lady\" class=\"wp-image-324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Madonna_del_Soccorso_in_processione_-_Palmi.jpg 2300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Madonna_del_Soccorso_in_processione_-_Palmi-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Madonna_del_Soccorso_in_processione_-_Palmi-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Madonna_del_Soccorso_in_processione_-_Palmi-1400x1053.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Madonna_del_Soccorso_in_processione_-_Palmi-1200x903.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>A procession of a statue of the Madonna del Soccorso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cG2JfdpIODw\">VIDEO- Flight of the Angel at the Fishermens Feast of Boston 2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fishermansfeast.com\/\">Website for the Fishermen&#8217;s Feast of Boston<\/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\n93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The apparitions of\u00a0 &#8220;Our Mother of Help&#8221; (aka Madonna del Soccorso, the Patroness of Sciacca) tells of a 14th century landlocked apparition and fishermen turned seafarers. 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