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Christmas Card – "Silent Night" – Good Housekeeping, December 1924 – 5x7" with Envelope – 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 – by Jessie Willcox SmithGood Housekeeping, the quintessential American magazine for housewives, would on some occasions in the early years of the 20th Century publish Catholic themed covers. To our knowledge, they were all painted by Jessie Wilcox Smith. They were all Madonna and Child paintings. In this one, we have Mary kneeling by Jesus. Smith uses a deep Marian blue which any Catholic would recognize. Protestant versions of this scene always include Joseph because,

" or "Works of God

their admired and beloved "padre

He also did altar pieces

inspired by Poe's "The Raven

He sees it disfigured

tertiaries

no doubt trying to be helpful

and could have been written by Francis of Assisi

but his heart is with Jesus and Mary

the Congregation of Maidens of Canons

reverent-honestly

It means to persist at something