Comments on: The Stalingrad Madonna: Life, Love, Light at Christmas https://anitamathias.com/2013/12/22/stalingrad-madonna-life-love-light-christmas/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: DOC MARTIN & THE STALINGRAD MADONNA | lightgraphs https://anitamathias.com/2013/12/22/stalingrad-madonna-life-love-light-christmas/#comment-41416 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:17:21 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=55146#comment-41416 […] of the Stalingrad Madonna, along with the original 1942 drawing, was posted by Anita Mathias on her website just before Christmas. Anita’s story made a powerful impression on […]

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/12/22/stalingrad-madonna-life-love-light-christmas/#comment-37949 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:35:22 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=55146#comment-37949 In reply to Kathy.

Kathy, thank you, and Happy Christmas!

]]> By: Kathy https://anitamathias.com/2013/12/22/stalingrad-madonna-life-love-light-christmas/#comment-37830 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:00:06 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=55146#comment-37830 I am awed by this description of an artist/doctor who brought many soldiers a sense of peace and hope in the midst of dire circumstances. It is ironic that the artist did not survive but the memories and the painting did. Such a simple image impacted the spirit of men who needed this symbolic image. May we also turn to the symbolic images of a infant born in desperate times who brought to the world the reality of God’s enduring love.

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