Beata Ubera. "As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’ But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word …More
Beata Ubera.
"As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’ But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’" – Luke 11:27f, which is today's Gospel at Mass. This painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Christ Child is in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr
"As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’ But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’" – Luke 11:27f, which is today's Gospel at Mass. This painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Christ Child is in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr