Tag: Painting
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Saint Joseph, an image of Fatherhood
Reflection• Shows how apocryphal storytelling shaped centuries of Joseph’s depiction. Later, devotion reframed him as strong, present, and capable as demonstrated in Annigoni’s St. Joseph the Worker.
Originally published in Words of Grace, Grace Church Cathedral (Charleston, South Carolina), June 2025.
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Leonardo’s “Virgin, Child and Saint Anne”: a Meditation on Motherhood
Reflection • Uses apocryphal tradition (especially the Golden Legend) to illuminate Saint Anne as Mary’s steady foundation in motherhood. Leonardo’s composition as “holding on and letting go”—a theology of maternal love across generations.
Originally published in Words of Grace, Grace Church Cathedral (Charleston, South Carolina), May 2025.
Gayle L. Goudy 