Our Lady of Siluva

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
Cover of the book Our Lady of Siluva by Penny Lord, Bob Lord, Journeys of Faith
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Penny Lord, Bob Lord ISBN: 9781458158253
Publisher: Journeys of Faith Publication: June 23, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Penny Lord, Bob Lord
ISBN: 9781458158253
Publisher: Journeys of Faith
Publication: June 23, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

The people of Lithuania have holy stubbornness. The holy stubbornness that made them resist the one True Faith, would be the same holy stubbornness that would keep them Catholic, in the face of great danger. That is, the people at large, not those princes who had special interests and wanted to steal the lands and churches from the Church. The Sixteenth Century had arrived and with it division and devastation.
This brings us to Siluva, 1608, where we find a small village in a remote part of central Lithuania, filled with poor farms and poorer farmers to tend their meager crops. Part of their problems was they not only had to battle the soil which was terribly sandy, they had to fight their crops, which refused to grow in the barren silt. The only things that grew prolifically were pine trees. From them, they would derive their name. In Lithuanian, a pine forest is called a Silas. Therefore the townspeople named their town Siluva.
If we remember our Church History, Our Lady always comes to inaccessible, distant, suffering places, filled with a people rich in piety but poor in resources. In Siluva what little they had was soon to be taken from them. If you want to break the back of a people take away their faith, their beliefs. And so, it would be with the suffering souls of Lithuania and Siluva.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The people of Lithuania have holy stubbornness. The holy stubbornness that made them resist the one True Faith, would be the same holy stubbornness that would keep them Catholic, in the face of great danger. That is, the people at large, not those princes who had special interests and wanted to steal the lands and churches from the Church. The Sixteenth Century had arrived and with it division and devastation.
This brings us to Siluva, 1608, where we find a small village in a remote part of central Lithuania, filled with poor farms and poorer farmers to tend their meager crops. Part of their problems was they not only had to battle the soil which was terribly sandy, they had to fight their crops, which refused to grow in the barren silt. The only things that grew prolifically were pine trees. From them, they would derive their name. In Lithuanian, a pine forest is called a Silas. Therefore the townspeople named their town Siluva.
If we remember our Church History, Our Lady always comes to inaccessible, distant, suffering places, filled with a people rich in piety but poor in resources. In Siluva what little they had was soon to be taken from them. If you want to break the back of a people take away their faith, their beliefs. And so, it would be with the suffering souls of Lithuania and Siluva.

More books from Journeys of Faith

Cover of the book Bl. Junipero Serra by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book My Country Tears of Thee by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saint Ignatius of Loyola by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saint Pade Pio and the Child Jesus by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Visionaries Mystics and Stigmatists Part I by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church Part III by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Blessed Frederic and Cap de la Madeleine by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Defenders of the Faith Part II by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saint Padre Pio Miracles of the Cross by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book The Many Faces of Mary Book II Part I by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Blessed Margaret of Castello by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saint Brigid of Sweden by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
Cover of the book Saint Philip Neri by Penny Lord, Bob Lord
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy