dark clouds of despair, replacing them with warm, golden light, and nestled in her other arm, Baby Jesus, the hope of humanity, looks out at the viewers. Tsarkova chose to represent the mysteries of the

and in pictures both in houses and by the wayside, to wit, the figure of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, of our spotless Lady, the Mother of God, of the honorable Angels, and of all Saints and pious

a stable. The persecution of Herod drove her from Nazareth, but she returned and lived there with Jesus and Joseph, who worked to earn their daily bread. But what was the bread that nourished the faith

least obtain for me the strength to overcome them until death. From you I implore a true love for Jesus Christ. Through you I hope to die a holy death. My dear Mother, by the love you bear to Almighty God

Tuy, Portugal, 1930) The May Magnificat (II) Mary, on her trip to visit Elizabeth with the Child Jesus maturing in her womb, was seen as mirrored by the budding flowers of the countryside through which

warning at the entrance of the bridge. The statue of Our Lady is one of great beauty. Holding the Child Jesus on her left arm, she holds a leafy branch in her right hand. Her head leans slightly toward the Child

of silk that Mary is reported to have worn during the Annunciation of Jesus’ birth by the angel Gabriel, or during the birth of Jesus. King Charles the Bald gave the veil to the Chartres Cathedral in 876

saint, or the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prayers can also be addressed directly to God that Father as Jesus taught us: " Ask, and it will be given to you... knock, and it will be opened to you " (Mt 7:7 - Luke

can't take it anymore! Can you, for the few hours left until the morning, intercede with your son Jesus Christ so that I can sleep a little bit, until I can go to the clinic … I thank you with all my heart

experience. You want only God and His Will. It means you loved God immensely long before your Son Jesus was conceived and born. From your earliest childhood, your love flourished and grew every day because