MARY, PONDERER OF GREAT MYSTERIES
Acrylic on archival quality masonite, 18 x 20”. ornate gold frame
“…But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear and at once there
came out blood and water.”
* John 19:34
In regards to the sacramental life, the Catholic Church has always considered the water that flowed from Christ’s side to symbolize the Sacrament of Baptism, and
the blood, poured out for all mankind, to symbolize the Sacrament of the
Eucharistic banquet.
Mary, the Sorrowful but Serene Mother, sits pondering the road that she must travel
with her Son in order for him to redeem mankind. Mary never faultered
in her ‘ffiat’ to the Father.
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