Virgin Most Merciful – Virgo Clemens – Embroidery Print – Vintage Catholic Art Print – Litany of Loreto miracle of the sun resurrection

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Madonna of Paczółtowice

The scribes didn't even try to make it look realistic

one of the great Wonders of the Medieval world

Virgin Most Merciful – Virgo Clemens – Embroidery Print – Vintage Catholic Art Print – Litany of Loreto miracle of the sun resurrectionAs a child will sometimes go to their mother first, so the penitent in this image is going to Mary, his Blessed Mother. One of the titles of Mary in the Litany of Loreto is Virgin Most Merciful (Virgo Clemens). As with all the titles in the Litany, this one expresses an aspect of her relationship to us, that she can intervene on our behalf before her Son, who does not deny her. To Jesus through Mary! Mary's bearing in this representation of her