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Explaining The Bible on Instagram: "The painting Santa Francesca Romana Holding the Christ Child, created around 1445 by the Italian artist Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo (also known as Pastura), is a small tempera-on-wood panel with a gold ground, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Robert Lehman Collection. It depicts Saint Frances of Rome (1384–1440), the noble Roman mystic and founder of the Olivetan Oblates, tenderly cradling the infant Christ in her arms. This intimate, devotional imag

a catholic diary ♱ on Instagram: "nativity scenes hold a special place in our churches because they remind us of the heart of Christmas: God chose to come to us in humility. displayed near our altars and sanctuaries, the Nativity helps us contemplate the mystery of the Incarnation and that Christ was born not in splendor, but in simplicity and love. the Church displays nativity scenes so we can see, remember, and enter into that moment again and again. they invite us to kneel with Mary and Josep