Blood of the Lamb – Benedictine Beuron Art – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 unframed and not for long

and not for long

in tulle and tissue

This photo was taken in Fatima in 1917 after the apparitions of Mary

" she advised

Joseph Stella was an American painter

Blood of the Lamb – Benedictine Beuron Art – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 unframed and not for longBlood had a mystical connotation to the ancient Hebrews that is a bit hard for us to grasp today, as we tend to see it scientifically in terms of its function to carry oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body. But in ancient times, it was considered more like the life essence of a creature, second only perhaps to breath. We are "washed in the Blood of the Lamb" because nothing less than the very life of God was sufficient as a sacrifice to redeem