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Day 21 is St. Bernadette Soubirous, of Lourdes, 12x12 oil on wood panel. St. Bernadette was very ill for most of her life. When she was 14 the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her from a grotto in Lourdes, France. Mary appeared to her 17 times. A healing Spring emerged from the cave and became a source to healing of the sick and the lame.
Day 23 is St. Maria Goretti, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Maria Goretti died a martyr before her twelfth birthday. Young as she was, she made a choice of pruity based on her faith. She forgave the man that stabbed her before she died and appeared to him in a dream. She a patroness of all youth and a model of Christian purity.
Day 25 is St. Francis of Assisi, 12x12 oil on wood panel. There is so much I can say about St. Francis, being the saint that has had the most influence on me next to St. Maximillian Kolbe. He is the founder of the Franciscan...
Day 26 is St. Catherine of Sienna, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Along with St. Francis, she is the patron saint of Italy. She was a mystic from the age of 6 and had several visions through out her life. She received the Stigmata, but...
Day 27 is Venerable Solanus Casey, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Fr. Solanus Casey was a simple priest in the Franciscan (Capuchin) who lived a life of humility. One of the keynotes of Fr. Solanus’ spirituality was of Gratitude, the prayer of “Thanks be to...
Day 28 is St. Faustina Kowalska, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Jesus apeared many times to this holy nun in the 1930's and taught her about his Divine Mercy. He asked her to have a painting made of His image, and now this is one...
This is my final day of the challenge. This is Martha Butz my mom. Martha passed away in 2004 after a life long Lung condition. Breathing for her was a struggle her whole life and the last 20 years were especially hard. My mom was...
Day 29 is Carl Dossett, 12x12 oil on wood panel. This is my Grandpa Carl, as we we call nim to out kids. When I was born to about the age of three, we lived accross the street from this wonderful couple. They kindof adopted...