OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL-BLUE: OLMC-B-P

Carmel, Terre Haute. 8" X 10.4" Icon print on quality matt paper. This icon style painting - not actually a true icon the the strict sense - was adapted from an icon of the Mother of God. The image depicts Our Lady as the patroness of the Order of Carmel. She is shown wearing the brown robe and white mantle of Carmel. The stars on her mantle indicate her perfect virginity. Jesus wears red and gold, and grasps a sealed scroll - signs of His Divinity. Mary is holding out the sign of her protection: the holy scapular of Carmel, which is worn by the friars, nuns, Secular Carmelites and many of the faithful.