Answered Prayers: Miracles and Milagros Along the Border

by Eileen Oktavec

Book Overview

When Catholics in the Southwest ask God or a saint for help, many of them do not merely pray. They also promise or present a gift--a tiny metal object known as a milagro. A milagro, which means "miracle" in Spanish, depicts the object for which a miracle is sought, such as a crippled leg or a new house. Milagros are offered for everything people pray for, and so they can represent almost anything imaginable--arms, lungs, hearts, and eyes; men, women,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816515816
• ISBN13: 9780816515813
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"