Sacred Spaces in Casa Andrew: The Altar of Our Lady of Fatima

Paul of Deo Juvante, in response to a request I had made in some comments, has obligingly posted some photos of his home altar. I, of course, had promised to do the same.

This will be the first of the series of posts titled Sacred Spaces in Casa Andrew. We'll start with the living room first.

Now, if you remember, in my 5 random things meme post, I said that I had 5 altars/oratories/prayer spaces in my house and 3 statues of Our Lady.

Here's one of them. This is the Lady Altar of my house, dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. The photo above shows the altar when the candles are not lit. The one below shows the candles lit. The lamp is always lit. By the way, the smoke you see in some of the pictures is incense.

The image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus watches over the living room, above the statue of Our Lady. It's an old image and has been watching over our house since I was a small kid.

Here's what the altar looks like at night, when the lights are turned off.

It is before this image of Our Lady of Fatima that I sing the Salve Regina after praying Compline before turning in for the night.

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae,

vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae,

ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes

in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos

misericordes oculos ad nos converte;

et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,

nobis post hoc exilium ostende.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Genetrix.

Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Hope you've enjoyed this post. What do you think? Comments are most welcome.
Do post photos of your own home altars and do drop me a message if you do so I can take a look.