Painting: Mary on the way from Calvary

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I ran into such a painting in a catalog in a Catholic book store. It was just a thumbnail reproduction, for ordering purposes. I almost burst into tears to just think about it.

Anybody familiar with the artist and painting?

This painting would make a good condolence card image.
 
I like lots of kinds of art. My experience in the book store reminds me of how the title of a painting is an integral part of the painting. I might not have been able to immediately guess the title, from the subject.

I may be in good company, perhaps, if I ever enrolled in an art class titled “art for the shallow minded”

the image of the crucifix would likewise probably be puzzling and abhorrent to someone who had never heard of Christianity.

But, this painting depicts a very emotional and evocative subject.
 
Well I can’t help you sorry… but I just wanted to say… when I watched The Passion of the Christ by mel gibson… there was a scene where Mary saw Jesus fall under the cross at a distance… and then there was a flashback to when Jesus was a child and he ran and fell… and Mary immediately ran to him worried with that love a mother has… It just touched my heart…
 
Now you got me curious. It would be nice if someone would come up with a link to that painting.
 
It’s beautiful. However, you wonder about Mary’s emotional state. She was told by Gabriel at the presentation that Her Son was the Son of God who the prophesies said would suffer, die and would rise on the third day. She also heard Her Son repeat the prophesies and that He would fulfill them. So she knew beyond all doubt that (1) What happened on the cross conquered sin and death; (2) His death was not permanent; and (3) He would rise again in glory three days. The Blessed Mother knew it as concrete fact because she heard it from the Angel of God.

So she was experiencing sorrow, joy and hopefulness at the same time.
 
What came to mind when I heard this was St. Padre Pio’s favorite pic–the body of Jesus being taken to the tomb with His friends, including His Mother, following Him.

Mary might have been told all that by the angel, but her heart was pure, and therefore suffered more than we do. Read Fr. Faber’s “At the Foot of the Cross.” She had no one to look to for an example of suffering. Now we look to her.

Blessings,
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