Mother and Child Looking at the Virgin and Child – Gift for Catholic Mother – Archival Quality – Catholic Art Shamrock Tradition has it that Joachim

Tradition has it that Joachim and Anne were childless into old age

surpassing in perfection all visible creatures

This is indeed one

The soldiers indicate war time

Heavenly graces shine through the star

Mother and Child Looking at the Virgin and Child – Gift for Catholic Mother – Archival Quality – Catholic Art Shamrock Tradition has it that JoachimA Mother and Child Looking at the Virgin and Child Reginald Bottomley We like the pensive tone of this picture. In the painting, a real woman holding her baby is pondering a painting of the Virgin Mary holding hers. The woman is presumably thinking about their shared motherhood and is in some ways drawing closer to Mary. One of the beautiful things about the Catholic faith (the religion of love) is at the center of it is the love of a mother and