Immaculate Heart on Canvas - Unframed (rolled in tube)

Devo­tion to the Heart of Mary goes back cen­turies, prob­a­bly to the mid­dle ages, becom­ing wide­ly pop­u­lar­ized by the preach­ing of St Bernard of Clair­vaux. In the 17th cen­tu­ry, St. Jean Eudes com­piled enough research and writ­ings to get per­mis­sion for adding spe­cial prop­er prayers for Mass and the Divine Office com­mem­o­rat­ing the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.  Not long after, St. Cather­ine Labore had visions of Jesus and Mary, in which she was given the images for the Mirac­u­lous Medal. On this medal, the Hearts of Jesus and Mary were shown side by side, each bear­ing sym­bol­ism. Since then, images includ­ing the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immac­u­late heart of Mary have become very pop­u­lar, as well as devo­tions to them. In Fati­ma, Our Lady made speci­fic men­tion of con­se­cra­tion to her Immac­u­late heart, and Jesus told Sr. Lucia that repa­ra­tions need­ed to be made for sins again­st the Immac­u­late Heart of Mary. The image shows the Blessed Moth