Faithful Virgin Mary, Pray for Us– based on a Vintage French Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Catholic Gift – Communion Gift St Dominic we are saved

we are saved

regarded as masterpieces of beauty

(May the holy cross be my light

My painting was done in colored pencil and acrylic paint

yet they romanticized themselves

Faithful Virgin Mary, Pray for Us– based on a Vintage French Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Catholic Gift – Communion Gift St Dominic we are savedThis is a gentle and delicate representation the Our Lady. She is attending to a dove, and as is the custom in Victorian holy cards, the dove represents the you and I. The holy card meant to remind us of the delicate and intimate relationship we have with her. We think perhaps the trompe l'oeil lilies and the wing of the dove outside the circle indicate that we have gone to her realm in prayer, as we do. We love this image. The inscription means,