Parishioners at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte and St. Mark Church in Huntersville recently celebrated the Lord of Miracles, a Peruvian devotion, with Mass and an outdoor procession featuring a replica of the famous icon of the Lord of Miracles (“Señor de los Milagros”), an image of the Crucifixion that is venerated in Lima, Peru.
The image was painted in the 17th century by an unnamed African taken from what is now Angola to Peru as a slave. Every October, Peruvians and others around the world commemorate an 18th century earthquake that devastated much of Lima but left the sacred image unscathed.
— Lisa Geraci and Amy Burger | Catholic News Herald
