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One likes to decorate one's house with a lot of artefacts or pieces of antique ware. Statues are also used to decorate your home and bring peace and blessings in your house. Gifting a religious statue is a way of conveying good wishes and blessing to a person. Statues are made stone, bronze and metal. They come in all sizes and affordable prizes. You can choose from religious ones to decorative ones and angelic ones. Most Italian statues are used to decorate gardens and parks. Some are used to enhance the beauty of their home or are gifted to others. Many popular statues have some kind of a story to tell and symbolize supernatural miracles by God. Catholics do not worship statues. They have statues in their homes, offices and in the churches which are not used as idols for worship but for enhancing the aesthetic value of the place. The reason why you see so many statues in churches is not for worship. There was no printing press in earlier days and bibles were very expensive and hence statues were used to teach children about the saints and make learning the bible much easier. Normally any catholic statue tells you about a passage from the bible. When children and adults look at the statue and get a visual picture of it in their mind, it is easy to remember and learn and relate to the passage in the bible.
Some statues depict supernatural phenomenon. There is a statue in Bosnia which apparently weeps from the knee. This is seen as a supernatural power of God. When tested it was proven to be the tears of a woman. It is not that the Catholics actually worship the statue but consider it to be one of God's miracles. Virgin Mary statue is most popular for it is simple and serene and draws people's attention wherever it is kept. The Saint Jude Statue is where the picture of Jesus is drawn on his chest. It is a well-known fact that St. Jude was very close to Jesus and this is depicted on most of his statues. The one who knows the history behind them can easily tell the stories looking at these statues. There are many online stores where you can purchase these catholic statues. There are special discounts in festival times and these stores help you to choose from expensive exclusive ones to the most affordable one. Not only this you can sit in the comfort of your home and browse through the statues at your own free will to select the one that you want. Most of them offer free delivery and shipping as well. Statues always symbolize something; even if they are found in the park, garden, church, house, cemetery or museum. They look elegant and sophisticated. Most people select Venus, the Goddess of beauty for their gardens, others select religious catholic statues to protect them and overcome their problems. Most buy these to feel close to God.
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