Date of posting: October 26, 2007
I found the Blessed Mother icon which appears on my main page in a garage sale some years ago. The woman I purchased it from said that her mother had given it to her and that she had just thrown it in a box. This is how the scratches on the surface came to be. What a shame! Even so I see it as a thing of beauty.
The icon is painted on a piece of hardwood and is heavily lacquered as is the tradition with such things. It is possible that it fit into a larger frame at one time.
It hangs over the west window in my bedroom and has done so for many years.
For certain I am fond of it.
As a convert to the Catholic faith I have come to understand that the Virgin Mary is in fact our Jewish mother. Every family of much duration has it's traditions and such it is with my church.
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