There's always hope
By Sister Grace Remington OCSO As we come to my last post for 2019, I wanted to encourage us as we go into the New Year. At the start of advent, I was in a church service and they displayed this picture (right). The artist is Sister Grace Remington OCSO, from Dubuque, Iowa. There is a lot in this picture if you take time to look, but I want to touch on one aspect. When I first saw it, I confess I didn't like it, but as I looked I have to say, it's depth grew on me. It may not be the most detailed or perfect design, but it is actually quite beautiful and speaks of something I want to cover in this last post of the year: hope. The picture is of course Eve and Mary. Eve entangled by the serpent, clutching the fruit that was the undoing of the perfection of the human soul. Mary stands next to her, and it is this that really touched my heart. Mary's foot crushes the head of the serpent in the picture, a symbol of the victory Christ brings over the enemy.