All about Mary.

The altar of the Virgen Blanca, the patroness of the city of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:10:03 +0100

The altar of the Virgen Blanca, the patroness of the city of Vitoria, Spain.

The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the city of Mariana,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:13:22 +0100

The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the city of Mariana, Brazil.

Mater Dolorosa

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:00 +0100

Mater Dolorosa

Heart of Mary

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:00 +0100

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...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:00 +0100

A Venetian street shrine for Our Lady of the Rosary and St Rita of Cascia, whose feast is celebrated today.

S. Maria la Nova An engraving of a Madonna venerated in the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:13:54 +0100

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...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:00 +0100

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...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:24:31 +0100

A mosaic of the Holy Family, created in 2006, in the chapel of St Joseph in Westminster cathedral, London.

Regina Mundi A 19th century French statue of Mary as Queen of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:03:00 +0100

Regina Mundi

A 19th century French statue of Mary as Queen of the World.

The miraculous image of the Madonna di Montalto in Messina,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:00 +0100

The miraculous image of the Madonna di Montalto in Messina, Sicily.

A medallion depicting the first apparition of Our Lady of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:49:36 +0100

A medallion depicting the first apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe in Morelia, Mexico.

why is that picture of Mary in a frame with the all seeing eye of horus?

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:04:00 +0100

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...

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:22:14 +0100

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

spanishbaroqueart:

Juan Bautista Maíno

Pentecost (1615-20)

Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Nuestra Señora de la Cueva Santa A Mexican retablo painting of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:12:00 +0100

Nuestra Señora de la Cueva Santa

A Mexican retablo painting of Our Lady of the Holy Cave.

The chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the church of the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:07:26 +0100

The chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the church of the Annunciation and St Rita of Cascia in Nice, France.

The main altar in the pilgrimage church of Maria Kirchental near...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:07:51 +0100

The main altar in the pilgrimage church of Maria Kirchental near Salzburg, Austria.

Thank You

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:46:00 +0100

Mrs. Hanson knelt down and prayed. It had been a long time since she had prayed. She scarcely knew what to pray for, so she prayed for her employer, and for the clients in Des Moines and Kansas City. When she had finished praying, she knelt up. An image of the Madonna gazed down upon her from a niche, six feet above her head.

Vaguely she regarded it. Then she got up from her knees and sank back wearily in the corner of the pew. In her imagination, the Virgin came down, like in the play “The Miracle,” and took her place and sold corsets and girdles for her and was tired, just as she was. Then for a few minutes Mrs. Hanson must have slept.

She awoke at the realization that something had changed, and gradually she perceived that there was a familiar scent that was not incense in the air and that her fingers smarted. Then she realized that the cigarette she held in her hand was alight—was burning.

Still too drowsy to think, she took a puff to keep the flame alive. Then she looked up at the Madonna’s vague niche in the half-darkness.

“Thank you for the light,” she said.

That didn’t seem quite enough, so she got down on her knees, the smoke twisting up from the cigarette between her fingers.

“Thank you very much for the light,” she said.

- From ‘Thank You for the Light’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1936)

Madonna dell’Albero A vintage postcard from the shrine of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:15 +0100

Madonna dell’Albero

A vintage postcard from the shrine of Our Lady of the Tree in Gorla Minor, a town in the Italian region of Lombardy.

Virgen de la Luz The statue of Our Lady of the Light in...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32:24 +0100

Virgen de la Luz

The statue of Our Lady of the Light in Barcelona, Spain. The statue derives its name from the flame Jesus holds in his hands.

Star

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:20:13 +0100

Mary, known as the star of the sea, thanks to your Son you shine forth with a clear, godly light which falls on all creatures.

- Ave rosa sine spinis