Rose Shaped Centerpiece - Our Lady of Lourdes Rosary Center

Beautiful rosary centerpiece that is shaped like a rose with Our Lady of Lourdes on the back. Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honor of the Marian apparitions that are claimed to have occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France by St. Bernadette Soubirous also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.Our Lady of Lourdes is the patron of bodily ills, sick people, and protection from diseases. Feast day: February 11th. Quantity: Sold in increments of one Size: 5/8" long x 1/2" wide (15.87mm x 12.7mm)Symbolism: In Catholic symbolism, the red rose is a symbol of Martyrdom, while the white rose is a symbol of purity since the earliest years of the Church. St. Ambrose relates how the rose came to have thorns. Before it became one of the flowers of the earth, the rose grew in Paradise without thorns. Only after the fall of man did the rose take on its thorns to remind man of the sins he had committed and his fall from grace; whereas i