A Thanks Offering – Frank William Warwick Topham - Beautiful Catholic Art – Catholic Gift Saint Photograph running from the communists

running from the communists

the Black Madonna of Częstochowa has been associated with many miracles and has survived for centuries

" The gesture of caressing the cross with roses was something Therese had done on her death bed and "showed the personality and spirituality of the Saint" according to Celine

It is the symbol of Mary's love for Jesus and for us

with pen in hand and the "light of the Holy Spirit" shining on her

A Thanks Offering – Frank William Warwick Topham - Beautiful Catholic Art – Catholic Gift Saint Photograph running from the communistsFor us, the baby is the star of this show, as babies so often are. The baby looks as beautiful and believable now as he or she did back in 1884 when the picture was painted. We have a mother, grateful for something, perhaps the health of her child, and she's gone to the church to give thanks to God and to give him flowers of thanksgiving. The baby is contentedly at work with the rest of the flowers. It's perfect. Frank William Warwick Topham (1838