PART II: Article 15

15) This Icon is one of the world’s richest Icons with 545 iconic details!

The Icon includes all four Marian Dogmas: “The Mother of God”, “Perpetual Virginity”,”Immaculate Conception”, “The Assumption”; the proposed 3-part final Marian Dogma: “Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces”, “Coredemptrix”, “Advocate”; all 7 of the most important stages of Mary’s life: “The Annunciation”, “the Visitation”, “The Nativity”, “The Presentation”, “The Finding in the Temple”, “The Wedding of Cana”, “The Crucifixion”; every vital part of Mary’s life: The New Eve”, “The New Adam”, “The Woman of Revelations”, etc.

“The Mother of God” The First Marian Dogma is depicted by Mary holding her young Son, the Son of God in her arms.

“Mary’s Perpetual Virginity” The Second Marian Dogma is represented by the three eastern stars symbolizing before, during, and after birth.

“Mary’s Immaculate Conception” The Third Marian Dogma is represented by the two intertwined wedding rings symbolizing infinity, in the heart pointed to heaven depicting the purest union of Mary’s Mother and Father at conception, depicted by the upright seed-like middle of the intertwined rings.

“Mary’s Assumption” The Fourth Marian Dogma is depicted by the clouds alongside Mary standing at the Cross – depicting her eventual Assumption into Heaven.

“The Annunciation” (Luke 1:35) “and the Angel said to Mary ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the most high will overshadow you’”. In The Miraculous Icon®, the Dove of the Holy Spirit is very visibly upon Mary, on her forehead, between the gold border on her head-covering and her dark eyebrows. The form of The Holy Spirit is visibly there and still upon her for all to see!

“The Visitation” is in the upper right corner symbolically depicting Mary going in haste to her cousin Elizabeth. Mary is standing at the beginning of the pathway, Elizabeth is depicted by the extended stomach, with John spiraling about with joy in Elizabeth’s stomach. The end of the path shows two prongs indicating the two natures of the God-man Jesus greeting John in the womb.

“The Nativity” the guiding “Star of Bethlehem” in the dark blue night sky is depicted on the upper-most part of Our Lady’s head-covering – again leading all to Jesus through Mary.

“The Presentation” Our Lady tensely clutches her light blue handkerchief in the hand, and is inescapably wrapped around Mary’s thumb of the arm supporting Jesus. This depicts Mary’s hidden, intense suffering and great sorrow and much crying for all those rejecting Our Lord’s teachings as foretold in the Prophesy of Simeon (Luke 2:34-35).

“The Finding in the Temple” Mary did not understand why Jesus had to be in the Temple. Mary said, “Son, why have you done this to us? You see that your father and I have been searching for you in sorrow.” (Luke 2:48) The inescapable sorrow of the loss of Jesus is depicted by the tear-filled, large, light blue handkerchief tightly clutched in Mary’s hidden hand, inescapable wrapped around her thumb. Its light blue color is the same light blue color of Jesus’ hidden tunic, shown in small part around His neck, with the vast hidden part depicting the hidden understanding “And they did not understand the words He spoke to them.” (Luke 2:50).

“The Wedding of Cana” is depicted in the upper left corner of The Miraculous Icon®.

“The Crucifixion” is depicted chronologically in the upper right corner.

“The Old Eve” in the Garden of Eden” is depicted in the upper left corner by the symbols of the forbidden fruit that Eve was tempted with by the serpent. The apple in the left corner has a hole in it depicting the hollowness of the serpents promise and the bite taken out of it by Eve. The fall from Eden is shown by the stem pointing down to earth.

“The New Eve” is depicted chronologically in the upper right corner by Mary crushing the head of the serpent which is shown recoiling in pain under the ground.

“The New Adam” is also depicted in the upper right corner with Jesus doing the will of God the Father, in complete obedience to God’s will, by offering His sacrifice on The Cross for our sins.

“The Woman of Revelations” (Rev. 12:1-18) is completely surrounded by four layers of pure 24 karat gold leaf on the original Icon, that is, “a great sign appeared in the heavens, a woman clothed with the sun” (Rev. 12:1). “And another portent appeared in the heaven, a great dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads”(Rev 12:3). Above and left of Saint John is the dragon in the sky. “Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces” through her most powerful role will protect us from harm – through all of the Graces of God given to her to dispense to everyone.