Our Lady of the Assumption of the Guard

Marian Invocation of Guararararé (The Saints)

It does not consist of accessible sources. specific Marian advocation called "Our Lady of the Assumption of Guararararé" as patron of the district of Guararararé (province of Los Santos, Panama / Colombia) linked to a clearly identifiable sanctuary or parish. The current references about Guarararé constantly point to Our Lady of Mercy as patron and head of the parish, not to the Assumption.

Main data

Origin and history

It does not consist of accessible sources. specific Marian advocation called "Our Lady of the Assumption of Guararararé" as patron of the district of Guararararé (province of Los Santos, Panama / Colombia) linked to a clearly identifiable sanctuary or parish. The current references about Guarararé constantly point to Our Lady of Mercy as patron and head of the parish, not to the Assumption.

In the available information on the Parish Our Lady of the Mercedes - I will save processions, patronal celebrations and parish life are documented around this charitable advocation. No ecclesial, historical or journalistic documentation has been found to formally mention a historical parish temple dedicated to the Assumption I'll keep no canonical statement to establish her as a district patron. So from the point of view of the documented historythe existence of this local invocation with the characteristics described in the consultation is not recorded.

As regards local tradition or legend, there could be a devotional link to the Assumption of Mary in Guararararé (for example, in the context of popular religiosity or of the holidays of August 15), but in the online consulting sources - including parochial social networks and cultural content on Guararararé - the references to the Festival of Tradition and to cultural manifestations (music, festivals) without clear details about a Marian cult under the title of the Assumption in that place. Since there is no verifiable data, any attempt to rebuild a specific "origin" of the advocation would be speculative and would not meet the criteria of historical rigour: therefore, it is not offered.

The image and the sanctuary

It does not contain, in verifiable sources, a local Marian image in Guararararé officially invoked as Our Lady of the Assumption of the Guard or data on its own author, material, style or iconography. The usual iconography of the Assumption of Mary in the Hispanic context presents the Virgin upright or slightly raised, often on clouds and with angels, dressed in a clear robe and blue blanket, hands together or open in attitude of prayer or reception of glory; however, this is a description General of the iconography of the Assumptionnot a specific image of Guarararé, whose specific description no consta in the sources.

As regards sanctuary or temple, the documented presence in Guararararé is the Parish Our Lady of the Mercedes - I will savededicated to the Virgin of the Mercedes, which organizes processions and patron celebrations. No church officially recognized as “Sanctuary” of the Assumption neither as a minor basilica, nor as a national or diocesan sanctuary under that vocation. In the case of "Our Lady of the Assumption of the Guard", does not contain a specific sanctuary recognized with that title or a documented architectural description of it.

Sponsorship and coronation

In public documentation, the patronazgo mariano de Guararé is linked to Our Lady of Mercy, explicitly indicated as a patron, included in current communications and in ordinary parish life. No official reference to Our Lady of the Assumption as patron of the district of Guararararé neither of the diocese, nor at national or regional levels, so, with the available data, that patronage no consta.

On a possible canonical coronation (or diocesan coronation) of a Marian image entitled "Our Lady of the Assumption of the Guard," no consta in the sources consulted no mention of a pontifical decree, diocesan act of coronation or date and ecclesiastical authority involved. Therefore, following the requested criterion:

does not contain a documented canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

La Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated throughout the Church the August 15as a feast of precept in the general Roman calendar. This data is universal for the advocation of the Assumption, but does not in itself imply the existence of a specific local patron party in Guarararé under this title.

The information available about Guararararé is mainly concentrated in the festive and cultural identity (like the festivals that have given rise to songs of popular music), without detailing a local Marian feast of the Assumption linked to a patronal image or to a specific sanctuary. Nor have there been any figures of the influx of pilgrims, descriptions of romanies, or specific traditions of popular piety explicitly referred to Our Lady of the Assumption of the Guard.

Therefore, as regards this vocation in the local context of Guararararé, no verifiable data on a fiesta principal propiaorganized pilgrimages and specific devotional traditions beyond the general celebration of the Assumption on August 15 in the universal Church.

Link to the Rosary

No specific references have been found which explicitly link the devotion to Our Lady of Assumption in the Guard the organized practice of Holy Rosary (for example, co-fradies of the Rosary, novies with solemn rosary or rosarian pilgrimages associated with this advocation). Consequently, no consta a particular documented link between this local advocation - as it stands - and the prayer of the Rosary.

From a perspective mariana general, the title of the Assumption in the Rosary, especially the glorious mysterieswhere Mary's Assumption to heaven (fourth glorious mystery) and her Coronation as Queen (fifth glorious mystery) express Christian hope in eternal life and full communion with God. The prayer of the Rosary, in any community where the Solemnity of the Assumption is celebrated, thus becomes a way of to meditate on the paschal mystery of Christ reflected in the person of Marystrengthening faith, hope and confidence in the intercession of the Virgin by the Church and by every local community.