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6.50" x 8.00"
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8.50" x 10.00"
Mary, Mother of Mercy - Dedicated to Pope Francis in this Year of Mercy 289 Poster
by William Hart McNichols
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Mary, Mother of Mercy - Dedicated to Pope Francis in this Year of Mercy 289 poster by William Hart McNichols. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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After hearing the truly good news that Pope Francis had planned to consecrate us all in a Year of Mercy , I immediately went looking for a prototype... more
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After hearing the truly good news that Pope Francis had planned to consecrate us all in a Year of Mercy , I immediately went looking for a prototype of an icon I could give to people wanting to pray with an icon of Mary and the Child. While looking at many "tenderness icons " I found instead, the Terebinskaya Icon, which is probably one of the happiest icons I have ever seen. This icon caused me to reexamine the whole concept of the joyful effects of Mercy . It would evoke the blessings on the merciful from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount ....how happy, how blessed are the merciful!
Our Mother is praying in the ancient "orans " position with hands outstretched and raised while looking tenderly, with so much love at her Child . The Child seems to literally dance upon the world, as Holy Wisdom in Proverbs 8:30, 31.
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About William Hart McNichols
Artist Statement on Iconography �There is only Christ: He is everything and He is in everything." St. Paul, Colossians 3:11 I honor and revere the Byzantine icons and the profound spirituality of the Othodox churches. I try to bring true devotion and prayer into the process of writing an icon, dependent upon the inspiration of the Blessed Trinity, the saints, holy ones, and the Mother of God. As a Roman Catholic iconographer, I have no intention of assuming to be Orthodox, but continue to pray with many others, for unity brought about by the Spirit, amongst the churches. 2014 is my 24th year as an Iconographer and I am very grateful for the tremendous support from around the World. The great bulk of Icons are commissions from...
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