Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Size:5by7in print What if Mary gave you

What if Mary gave you Jesus to hold

You could call this painting a landscape impression of the Sea of Galilee with the rocky beach and hills all under a moody sunrise adorned with poured loops of gold paint

In popular depictions of Gabriel he  is holding a  lily or a lily is somewhere in the painting

It always receives compliments and I would say it looks good everywhere

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Size:5by7in print What if Mary gave youA simple soldier in the sunny south, a reference to his last year of life in New Orleans and his place of burial. Fr Seelos was a redemptorist priest from Germany and came to America to serve immigrants, the poor, anyone in need. The love he had for his flock was endless.