Folk Art Retablo Saint Elizabeth Pregnant Women Saint John the Baptist Cousin GarlickTitle: "Saint Elizabeth." Saint Elizabeth, cousin of the Blessed Virgin Mary and wife of the Zechariah, was "righteous" but childless. Zechariah prayed for a child and was told by the Archangel Gabriel that Elizabeth would bear a son to be called John who would be a delight to his parents and "great in the sight of the Lord." Zechariah's skepticism rendered him mute. Elizabeth became pregnant. Archangel Gabriel then announced to Mary that she would

Dimensions: 11 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 3/4"

A radiance surrounded him and an angelic hand wrote on the wall of his cell in golden letters the name of Roch

compassion

The Sacred Heart symbolizes Jesus' overflowing love for humanity

" The retablo presents Our Lady of Humility

John Paul II referred to the Guadalupe Event as "a model of evangelization perfectly inculturated

divine healer of body

the sacred place inside themselves where there is no more hungry beast to feed

Art Institute of Chicago

with two fingers

The edges of the heart are decorated in thick scrollwork

Reversible: No