Madonna and Child – by Marianne Stokes Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Brown Desk Frame the local clergy and the

the local clergy and the civil authorities all pushed back against her reports of the visions

helping thousands return to the faith

" And then a red rubric calling for an Our Father and a Hail Mary

heads bent

Madonna and Child – by Marianne Stokes Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Brown Desk Frame the local clergy and the"Madonna and Child" by Marianne Stokes Gorgeous and haunting, this Madonna by Marianne Stokes arrests the eye with its colors and composition, and tells of the cross with its symbols. Mary and Jesus are exquisitely beautiful. Mary is gently pulling back the veil to show us her baby, our Redeemer. They are both serene. Yet behind them, the play or thorns and thistles suggest the life this baby will have as He brings us Salvation. Marianne Stokes (1855