Heart of Mary
In order that (…) there may be devotion to the Heart of Mary, the attention and the homage of the faithful must be directed to the physical heart itself. However, this in itself is not sufficient; the faithful must read therein all that the human heart of Mary suggests, all of which it is the expressive symbol and the living reminder: Mary’s interior life, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for her God, her maternal love for her Divine Son, and her motherly and compassionate love for her sinful and miserable children here below.
- From Catholic Encyclopedia
A Venetian street shrine for Our Lady of the Rosary and St Rita of Cascia, whose feast is celebrated today.
(Source: slowtrav.com)
S. Maria la Nova
An engraving of a Madonna venerated in the church of Santa Maria la Nuova in Palermo, the capital of Sicily.
A statue of Mary and Jesus in the church of SS Peter & Paul in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The church is often referred to as ‘De Papegaai’ (The Parrot), because it was originally hidden in the enclosed garden of a bird trader. This goes back to the days when public displays of Catholicism were forbidden in Amsterdam.
A mosaic of the Holy Family, created in 2006, in the chapel of St Joseph in Westminster cathedral, London.
A medallion depicting the first apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe in Morelia, Mexico.
Anonymous asked: why is that picture of Mary in a frame with the all seeing eye of horus?
In Christian art this represents the Eye of Providence, which signifies God’s omnipresence. The triangle surrounding the eye represents the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. - Acts 1:14
Juan Bautista Maíno
Pentecost (1615-20)
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Nuestra Señora de la Cueva Santa
A Mexican retablo painting of Our Lady of the Holy Cave.
(Source: colonialarts.com)
The chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the church of the Annunciation and St Rita of Cascia in Nice, France.
