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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