Catholic Caucus: Why the sign of Our Lady reigns over Europe

Catholic Herald.co.uk ^ | 4 Dec 2009 | Angelo Stagnaro

[GonzoII]

When secularists parade with the European Union flag they are unwittingly honouring the Immaculate Conception

Belgium is a wonderful country but one can’t always tell that when in Brussels. This city is the least example of how wonderful the country as a whole is. I don’t think even the residents of Brussels want to be there.

I walked across one of the many plazas scattered throughout this, one of the three capitals of the European Union, when I spied a shop festooned completely, in and out, with the European Union flag. The EU symbol is so ubiquitous throughout Europe that one can barely register it consciously.

I’ve always been impressed with the clean layout and design of the European Union’s flag. Its subfusc, cerulean blue is coincidently my favourite colour. It’s the blue present in the sky just as the sun is about to rise. Personally, I’ve always associated that particular shade of blue with the Blessed Mother.

[GonzoII]

"Rv:12: 1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."

[GonzoII]

[trisham]

[GonzoII]

Ping.

[GonzoII]

"..the European flag was adopted by the then European Economic Community on December 8 1955, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Coincidence? I think not."

Somehow, I don't think so.

[Religion Moderator]

This Religion Forum thread is labeled “Catholic Caucus” which means neither the article nor the reply posts may represent the beliefs of non-Catholics or else the thread must be opened so that they can speak for themselves.

[vladimir998]

Okay.

Thanks by the way for lending your official stamp of approval, by way of deleting the post, that the non-Catholic beliefs in question were paranoid and crazy.

:)

I can live with that.

[MarkBsnr]

Bit of a reach, there. Take, if you would, the analogy a little further. What/where is the clothing of the sun and the moon under her feet?

[GonzoII]

"Bit of a reach, there. Take, if you would, the analogy a little further. What/where is the clothing of the sun and the moon under her feet?"

There is no analogy, rather a biblical verse containing the origin of the EU flag's twelve stars.

"Arsène Heitz, the flag’s designer, acknowledged in a 2008 interview that he derived the design of a circle of 12 golden stars from the Book of Revelation. As Heitz was considering a design to submit for the EU, he was reading the history of the Blessed Virgin’s apparitions in Paris’ Rue du Bac, known today as the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal. In fact, he belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which would explain his intimate acquaintanceship with the symbol. "

[MarkBsnr]

"Arsène Heitz, the flag’s designer, acknowledged in a 2008 interview that he derived the design of a circle of 12 golden stars from the Book of Revelation. As Heitz was considering a design to submit for the EU, he was reading the history of the Blessed Virgin’s apparitions in Paris’ Rue du Bac, known today as the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal. In fact, he belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which would explain his intimate acquaintanceship with the symbol. "

Got it. Thanks. I never realized it...

[MarkBsnr]

"Arsène Heitz, the flag’s designer, acknowledged in a 2008 interview that he derived the design of a circle of 12 golden stars from the Book of Revelation. As Heitz was considering a design to submit for the EU, he was reading the history of the Blessed Virgin’s apparitions in Paris’ Rue du Bac, known today as the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal. In fact, he belonged to the Order of the Miraculous Medal, which would explain his intimate acquaintanceship with the symbol. "

Got it. Thanks. I never realized it...