Bedtime Prayers – Pierre Edouard Frere – Beautiful Catholic Art Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 unframed it was considered more like

it was considered more like the life essence of a creature

looking up to the King and Queen of Heaven

and possibly to the nearness of the crucifixion that Angelico has drawn himself into

both of them had wanted to enter religious life but were unable to do so

They are often shown together because they were the two great defenders of Orthodoxy in the early centuries of the Church

Bedtime Prayers – Pierre Edouard Frere – Beautiful Catholic Art Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 unframed it was considered more likeThis cozy picture shows two girls kneeling by their bed to say their nightime prayers. The lights are low, the little girl is plopped down, but her older sister is being very serious and devout. Praying by the bed before retiring is a good practice to teach children, and hopefully, even if they give it up for awhile in the pursuit of the cool, it will return in their sensible years and help them be anchored in the spirit of the God who made them and