{"product_id":"new-our-lady-of-succor-holy-card-halloween-holy-card-prayer-to-the-bvm-pack-of-10-100-1000-435648358","title":"New! Our Lady of Succor Holy Card – Halloween Holy Card – Prayer to the BVM – pack of 10\/100\/1000","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur Lady of Succor (pronounced like the word 'sucker', which I think is why the word is almost never used in English anymore) means Our Lady of Help, which might be a better name for her in English. In Italian, she was also called  Madonna della Mazza, in English as “Our Lady of the Club.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was  a popular devotion to Mary back around 1500, and under that name they made a lot of paintings of her with a big stick, like this one, where she is about to smash some devil in the face for trying to steal one of her children. I like the image. I like the idea. She of course is too gentle a being to use such brute violence, but do not mistake her as one that doesn't have the power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe love this prayer from the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Psalter of the BVM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Our foolish enemy hath said in his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheart: I will follow after and take\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim, and my hand shall slay him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArise, O Lady, and prevent him,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand, supplant him: destroy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall his machinations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThy beauty astonishes the sun and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe moon; the angelic powers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eserve and obey thee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy thy gentle touch the sick are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehealed: by thy rose-sweet fragrance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe dead revive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirgin Mother of God, He whom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe whole world cannot contain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas enclosed within thee,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeing made Man.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet your mind be at ease. The Blessed Mother has your back. We're introducing this card at Halloween, to show Mary smacking the devil, (she's smacking him out of Halloween!) but there are devils all year long she will protect you and your family and friends from. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadonna del Soccorso or Madonna della Mazza. Italian, circa 1500. Artist unknown. I think it's a fresco, but I can't pin it down. It might be a tempera on canvas. The internet says it was a devotion especially popular in Umbria, particularly in Augustinian circles. Of all the club pictures, this was our favorite. (source: www.regione.marche.it)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.75x4.25 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSturdy 14 point cardstock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatte finish to help keep fingerprints off. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrystal clear plastic sleeves available. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThank you for your interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue and John Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt. Mary's Parish, Lincoln, Nebraska\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.\" St. Pope John Paull II, in his \"Letter to Artists,\" 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImage Restoration and Card © www.CatholicArtAndJewelry.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catholic Art and Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"10 Holy Cards","offer_id":43395844997214,"sku":"CH--10","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Holy Cards","offer_id":43395845029982,"sku":"CH--100","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Holy Cards","offer_id":43395845062750,"sku":"CH--1000","price":189.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 Holy Cards + Sleeves","offer_id":43395845095518,"sku":"CH--10S","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Holy Cards + Sleeves","offer_id":43395845128286,"sku":"CH--100S","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Holy Cards + Sleeves","offer_id":43395845161054,"sku":"CH--1000S","price":289.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/0768\/files\/156602d4-edb4-4100-b850-5800222dede1-copy.jpg?v=1790028743","url":"https:\/\/www.catholicartandjewelry.com\/products\/new-our-lady-of-succor-holy-card-halloween-holy-card-prayer-to-the-bvm-pack-of-10-100-1000-435648358","provider":"Catholic Art and Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}