After all, the very face of Jesus comes from his mother Mary. Indeed, he would have physically resembled her to some extent — he may have had her eyes, her expressions, her smile.

This course explores three key events in Luke’s portrayal of Mary as the mother of Jesus: the Annunciation, the Visitation, and, the proclamation of the Canticle of Mary. Explore these and other ...

Mary, mother of Jesus, ... Kehinde Wiley’s “Mary Comforter of the Afflicted,” one of the artist’s stained glass window images, casts the Pietà as a Black man holding a dead child.

Jay Parini: The image of Jesus in arms of his mother, Mary, is central to Christmas story. ... It’s a picture of tender mercy and boundless love between a mother and her son.

For many Christians, Mary, the mother of Jesus, “exists on a more exalted plane,” as James Martin wrote in 2009, arguing that Christians could learn a lot from Mary and the very human ...

As the title implies, Mary follows Mary of Nazareth (played by Noa Cohen), a Jewish girl destined to be the mother of Jesus. Taking creative liberties in addressing her story beyond what is ...

In recent months, rappers Lil Nas X, Bad Bunny, and Princess Nokia have all helped to spread a craze for Mary, mother of Jesus, by wearing designer Brenda Equihua’s splashy coats that commonly feature ...

Mary Turner/Getty Images. Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, ... No image is more central to the story of Christmas than that of baby Jesus in the arms of his mother, Mary.

Mary has become an icon to a younger generation of all faiths and no faith that has put social justice at the center of its hopes for a better world.