Thanks. I think we need more images of Jesus that reveal His strong, manly nature. Too much popular art depicting Christ was “pretty,” making Him look effeminate. When you look at the Shroud, you realize He certainly is not effeminate.
"Let the storm rage and the sky darken; not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we shall recognize her, the Virgin Most Powerful who, with virginal foot, did crush the head of the serpent." ~St. Pope Pius X His favorite image:
A lovely hand-crafted Our Lady as Star of the Sea, apparently. Wish I knew by whom. Found on internet search in 2019.
A Child's Prayer to Mary Mary, mother whom we bless Full of grace and tenderness, Defend me from the devil's power And greet me in my dying hour. Amen.
French and Russian Jews, Marc Chagall painted many images of Christ. In Marc Chagall’s “White Crucifixion,” now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Jesus is in a tallit, the traditional prayer shawl worn by religious Jews, especially the Hassidim. He also wears the sort of headcloth a shepherd might wear. (All Jewish men traditionally cover their heads in prayer.) The barely legible inscription above Christ’s head is the Latin INRI and its Aramaic translation. A menorah is below his feet. Obviously, Chagall meant to emphasize the Jewishness of Jesus. Marc Chagall’s Jesus - The Catholic Thing The coloring is very nice, the imagery and symbolism are so-so for me. Pretty good, replete with symbolism, notice the red flags in the upper left hand corner...the article talks about the symbolism and notes, this along with Carvaggio's "The Calling of St. Matthew" (below) as among Pope Francis' favorites but it is highly acclaimed and I'm no expert.: Carvaggio, I believe who was a bit of a "bad boy" of the Renaissance artists but he had some great paintings undoubtedly but I'm not sure if setting this in Renaissance times works that well. The Catholic Answers calendar among others showcase his work. I did not know of this with St. Peter except through their calendar. Other paintings I see by him usually are proper to the early Christian era, the crucifixion of St. Peter:
The Church at Fourviere in Lyons France is magnificent and a favorite of some Saints throughout the years, btw, by record, so many of our Saints come from Italy, France and Spain versus the whole of all Saints. : St. Innocent was born in the Russian Empire, Orthodox Priest, he evangelized as a missionary to Alaska and Siberia greatly, thus, St. Innocent of Alaska, a very colorful icon. Innocent of Alaska - Wikipedia 1797-1879. One should not forget that even with some of our most beloved Saints like St. Vincent De Paul or St. Louise de Montfort, they founded religious orders for Nuns, that have indeed produced holy persons, St. Catherine Laboure for St. Vincent De Paul's daughters of charity or St. Louis De Montfort with Blessed Louise Trichet (in the daughters of Wisdom). But very important to the endeavors of St. Vincent De Paul early on was ... And for De Montfort, as said, Louise Trichet: Lest we forget, their great contributions.
Artist Luisa Starr, later Luisa Canziani: Louisa Starr - Wikipedia) 1845-1909 Sintram and his mother. Margaret Loxton (born 1938) , Skiing. There are other similar works by this French painter. For the record, it seems most of her figures are on the heavy side, her style I guess.
It's an image from the Medieval age. Found via Google Images months ago and saved to my computer. I've tried finding it again just now, with no luck. Oh -- duh (me). It has a watermark on it, of a web site hosting it.
Queen of all Hearts, Montfortian spirituality, I don't know how far it goes back (for the US) but it was around in the 1950s, they still exist, they had a magazine. Home - The Association of Mary, Queen of All Hearts They published a lot of poetry from readers and famous people. I think it is still around in one form or another. I got holy cards from them, I got "Their Music Is Mary", a collection of poetry from the magazine. It was really a big deal. I'm getting a message the pictures I took are too big to upload but it is out there. Some were reader contributions. Association of Mary, Queen of All Hearts | Facebook I find it hard to find their holy cards on their site, they have really been around and maybe some of it is obsolescent.
I know Karl was made Blessed, I caught some "secular" show that talked about him... I'd like to know more, dedicated website and maybe one day a saint. Blessed Karl of Austria (emperorcharles.org) Another Blessed that may be a Saint someday, Polish Nurse, I believe her contributions were more in the Communist era though, she was around in World War II, Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, Nurse of Mercy | Marians of the Immaculate Conception The Marians may even have a Divine Mercy hospital kit, I'm not sure if they include something from Blessed Hannah. We used one in the ministry though.
Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska, RN: A Nurse of Mercy by Gosia Brykczynska --- is on my reading list. I'd come across Blessed Hanna before, but had forgotten her. Thank you for the reminder.
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