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Painting Title: Moulded in Mary, Formed into Jesus

Original; 24″x 24″, Acrylic on Canvas

Artist: Amberose Marie Micallef

I was inspired to paint this image after attending World Youth Day Krakow 2016. My brother and I were on our way to Fatima, Portugal and had some layover time in the Warsaw airport in Poland. So we decided to go sit in the airport chapel. Both of us were so surprised to see a Catholic tabernacle in the public airport. I decided to spend my free time in the chapel praying my rosary. I do remember contemplating on my Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and the book True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis Marie de Montfort

While was I praying a very clear visual came to me of Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary sitting on a King and Queen throne. The Virgin Mary was pregnant with the world in her womb. The child Jesus gently and lovingly placed his hand and ear on the world to listen to the needs and prayers of His “brothers and sisters” within Mary’s womb. The world represents us. Jesus gave us His mother Mary to be our Heavenly Mother when he was hanging on cross (John 19:25-27). Therefore, if Mary is our Mother than we are Jesus’ brothers and sisters.

Our time on earth is like being in the womb of Mary. Mary’s womb is like a mould. In art, moulding is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable material using a rigid frame called a mould. The mould or frame of Mary’s womb forms Jesus. So when we entrust our all and everything to the Blessed Virgin Mary and melt ourselves into the care of her womb, she in return nourishes us, teaches us, strengthens us, and forms us to be just like Jesus. Our time on earth is like a pregnancy; our death on earth is a delivery. When we die on earth we are born into eternal life and we get to meet Jesus, the King of Justice and Mercy.