Take Care of The Bride is a reflection on St. John Paul II's encounter and guidance to his brother clergymen. The painting symbolically points to the Theology of the Body as JP2 motions upward to the Holy family, he is pointing to the Church, Christ's bride. The almond shape, is symbolic for the heavens and earth meeting (two circles meeting in the center) and also represents the entrance to the womb of the mother, where we all begin to grow first. In the holy family, you see communion and unity, giving and receiving, protecting and honoring, love. Mary is feeding the Christ child, as a mother cares for her children, so should the church. St Joseph stands in protection holding a church, the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche, and staff in hand. The Church building he holds is a call to build up the church, to protect it and to protect the family.

The cross in the distance is the famous cross in St Augustine Florida which is said to “mark the approximate site where in 1565 the cross of Christianity was first permanently planted in what is now the United States.” You also see a statue of Father Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales, who was the chaplain of an expedition of settlers that landed in St Augustine.

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Take Care of the Bride