Meaning: Mary, patron of dying people
Explanation: The pictura of this emblem depicts a seven-branched candelabrum, which, as the motto recalls, Non extinguetur (It will not go out) at night or in the day.
Therefore it is a symbol of Mary, who, after staying next to Christ during his Passion and Death, becomes the light that shines for dying people.
The present Consideratio revolves around this idea, hence the header: “The Blessed Virgin of Sorrows is the patron of dying people”; the abstract: “The Virgin of Sorrows, who assists the dying man in the Cross, is the loyal patron of all the Faithful who are dying”; and the biblical quotation: “To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
Explanation: The pictura of this emblem depicts a seven-branched candelabrum, which, as the motto recalls, Non extinguetur (It will not go out) at night or in the day.
Therefore it is a symbol of Mary, who, after staying next to Christ during his Passion and Death, becomes the light that shines for dying people.
The present Consideratio revolves around this idea, hence the header: “The Blessed Virgin of Sorrows is the patron of dying people”; the abstract: “The Virgin of Sorrows, who assists the dying man in the Cross, is the loyal patron of all the Faithful who are dying”; and the biblical quotation: “To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death”.For a detailed explanation, click HERE (in Spanish)
This very same emblem can be found in:
• Picinelli, 1653: 394 (Candela, lib. 15, cap. 5, n. 43. Meanings: the persecuted just man; the retired monk/nun); • Picinelli, 1670: 471-472 (Candela sotto il vetro, lib. 15, cap. 5, n. 51. Meanings: idem); • Picinelli & Erath, 1687: 29-30 (Lucerna, lib. 15, cap. 15, n. 121. Meanings: God; the monk/nun whose life must always burn in the divine love; Virgin Mary).