Spanish Villagers Request Special Mass to Pray for Rain

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On Sunday, around 250 residents brought back the faded practice of a special Mass and procession to pray to Our Lady of the Torrents, a local virgin associated with rainfall.

Under mostly sunny skies, worshippers lifted the colorfully painted statue of the Lady of the Torrents from its place of prominence in the stone church. She was then nestled onto a wooden litter filled with green branches and hoisted aloft, to be carried around the village followed by the bishop and parishioners.

“It’s not a magic act, it is an act of trust,” Bishop Francesc Conesa told The Associated Press.

I'm all for praying for rain
not crazy about praying to some Lady of the Torrents. That smacks of idolatry (pray to rain god!)

no doubt those people are in a bad place with the drought.

a reply to: ElGoobero

I'm not Catholic. But from what I do know about them. It doesn't sound like one of their rituals. Odd.

a reply to: ElGoobero

Our Lady of the Torrents

Sounds a touch paganish.

I really hope it works.

a reply to: ElGoobero

Praying for a good outcome to God or the Blessed Virgin Mary [in this case], or the Saints/saints is a Catholic thing---at least.


I know some religions consider it idolatry, but........

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: ElGoobero

Praying for a good outcome to God or the Blessed Virgin Mary [in this case], or the Saints/saints is a Catholic thing---at least.


I know some religions consider it idolatry, but........

Prayer is an act of worship. So prayer to anything or anyone that is not God is idolatry.

When the apostle John tried to bow down to the angel giving him his vision the angel refused the act of worship. Notice what the angel said:

"At that I fell down before his feet to worship him. But he tells me: “Be careful! Do not do that! I am only a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who have the work of witnessing concerning Jesus. Worship God! For the witness concerning Jesus is what inspires prophecy.”-Revelation 19:10.

Jesus said to pray this way: "Our Father in the heavens..." Never once anywhere did Jesus in scripture, or any other passage in the Bible indicate we are to pray to anyone other than our heavenly Father. Psalms calls Jehovah God the "hearer of prayer."-Psalm 65:2.

a reply to: randomuser

Prayer can also be words of intercession, that is not idolatry.

a reply to: randomuser

Prayer is an act of worship. So prayer to anything or anyone that is not God is idolatry.

The Catholic Church is a disgrace, it protected pedophile priests in recent years, it conducted the inquisition in the past, and these people claim to represent or know anything about god?

a reply to: surfer_soul

Christian Churches, and especially the Catholic Church, has been infiltrated by Marxists/socialists/etc who are hellbent on destruction from within.
Been going on for decades.


Religion, education, government...all long goals of the left to overwhelm and take over.

*removes tinfoil hat*

Catalonians are an odd bunch. I mean, that's where Dalí came from.

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

Yep. Big problem right now is the chief agent in the Vatican.

Cheers

sorry to report
no rain in the forecast

chance of rain this weekend
better chance in 10 days

no rain yet.
chance of rain Monday 4/17

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one of the worst droughts in Spain's history



PRAYING FOR RAIN for those poor folks

chance of rain Mon/Tuesday

frustrating trying to find weather info there.

a reply to: ElGoobero

windy.com should show projected rainfall.

Cheers

originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
a reply to: ElGoobero

windy.com should show projected rainfall.

Cheers

thanks!
good site

www.wionews.com...

For some of the towns and villages of Catalonia, the situation is already grave. Water has been restricted in L'Espluga de Francoli, 100 kilometres west of Barcelona, for several months.

Every night from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., the 3,600 inhabitants' household water supplies are shut off. A tanker truck delivers water three times every week to replenish its supplies.

so sad

I hate where I live but I'm blessed to have plenty of water.
no rain in the near forecast I fear.

Catalonia is FINALLY getting some rain

might be too late to save crops