Regina Caeli Prayer: The Queen of Heaven in Latin, English and Seven Paintings
For fifty days every year, the Church stops saying the Angelus. From Easter Sunday to Pentecost, at morning, noon and…
Magnificat Prayer: The Song of Mary in English, Latin and Seven Paintings
In a round painting in the Uffizi, the Virgin Mary is writing. Two kneeling angels hold the book and the…
Hail Holy Queen Prayer: Full Text, Latin, Meaning and History
On the evening of October 11, 1492, the crews of Christopher Columbus’s three ships gathered on deck and sang the…
Our Lady of Lourdes Novena: 9 Days with Bernadette at the Grotto
The complete novena to Our Lady of Lourdes, prayed February 2 to 10: nine days that follow the apparitions to Bernadette in 1858, with a free printable booklet.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena: 9 Days with the Lady of Tepeyac
The complete novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe, prayed December 3 to 11: nine days that follow the story of the apparitions at Tepeyac, with a free printable booklet.
Black Madonna: Meaning, Secrets & Mysteries
The Black Madonna is one of the most arresting mysteries of Christian art: hundreds of images of the Virgin Mary,…
Marian Iconography: The Faces of Mary in Art
Marian iconography is the visual language used to picture the Virgin Mary. Across nearly two thousand years, painters and icon…
The Memorare Prayer: Meaning, History, and Full Text
The Memorare is one of the most loved prayers in the Catholic Church, a short and confident appeal to the…
The Hail Mary Prayer: Full Text, Meaning, and the Art It Inspired
The Hail Mary prayer in English and Latin, its meaning, and the paintings that show it line by line, from Fra Angelico and Simone Martini to Raphael and Caravaggio.
The Assumption of the Virgin Paintings: 10 Masterpieces You Need to Know
Assumption of the Virgin paintings hold a singular place in Christian art. Few subjects called on painters to reach higher,…