Church of Our Lady Victorious
A small crowned Child in a glass case, dressed by Carmelites, loved from Bohemia to every parish that ever put a copy on a side altar. ‘The more you honor me, the more I will bless you.’ People still come to ask for children, for families, for the next month’s rent.
PragueFeast The first Sunday of May (crowning); Infant of Prague devotion year-round
The pilgrimage
To pray in front of the original statue, not a replica, for the people whose names are in your pocket.
Prague is also a city of martyrdom and of a Church that learned to live without applause.
The apparition, the Gospel sign, the body, the image — whatever this place is known for, told as a file of its own.
