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Title:A Mother's Love Holds the World
Notes:Commentary by the Artist:

A Mother's Love Holds the World

"Our planet’s climate is warming, and it may be a natural occurrence. However, the Earth has evolved over billions of years to achieve a delicately balanced environment for abundant life. Humanity has neglected to be responsible for taking what we have not created and failing to replenish the vacuum we have left. We did not create the Earth; we do not sustain the Earth, but it is in our power to care for the Earth. Mary is seen here gently caressing our planet as a mother. She carried our Lord and divine wisdom released throughout Creation. The figure of Mary holds the created order with a tender embrace that reminds us of how fragile our Ecosystem is. Humanity cannot continue to abuse the natural laws and balance that have been put in place by God over millennia. Our species cannot continually take what has been freely given and disregard mother earth’s generous capacity to empty herself for our benefit. We must learn to be compassionate for one another as well as the rock we live on."

Mary Collection
The collection of Mary is taken from my book first published in 2008, Mary in Iconography: Written in Stone.

Mary Jane Miller is a self-taught Byzantine style iconographer with over 28 years of experience, born in New York and living in Mexico full time. Her collections of sacred art are contemporary, with a proficient command of egg tempera. The work is extraordinarily rich in style and has been exhibited in museums and churches in both the United States and Mexico. As an author, Miller blends historical content and personal insights to arrive at contemporary conclusions about faith. Her six self-published books include Icon Painting Revealed, Mary in iconography, In Light of Women, and Life in Christ and The Stations. Miller has been published online and in publications such as Divine Temple, Russian Orthodox Journal, Faith and Forum Magazine, Liturgy Today and Profiles of Catholicism. She teaches 4 courses annually, 5-day immersion workshops throughout the US and Mexico. Website: https://www.millericons.com/, https://sanmiguelicons.com/

Date:2008
Artist:Miller, Mary Jane
Building:San Miguel de Allende
Object/Function:Print
City/Town:Guanajuato
Country:Mexico
Scripture:Psalm 24
Person as Subject:Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
Lectionary links:BProp10
BAllS
General Subject:World
Climate change
Wisdom
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Attribution:Miller, Mary Jane. A Mother's Love Holds the World, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59655 [retrieved May 3, 2024]. Original source: https://www.millericons.com/.
Record Number:59655 Last Updated: 2022-02-27 06:38:34 Record Created: 2022-02-27 06:38:34
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition