Comments on: Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Help of Christians

By: Elena

Elena — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:21:37 +0000

Hello Sandra,

I’ve used an online translator for your comment which I will paste here –

“I’ve never seen this picture before the other day … Since then I was constantly on the road and is so difficult that we live Madonna speaks clearly through it …. I am delighted with this picture and really proportional? Am Our Lady to guide me and what to di if necessary, and Sidney ….! ”

It’s probably not the best translation but hopefully it’s close.

Thank you for visiting.
God Bless.

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:46:22 +0000

Nikada ranije nisam vidjela tu sliku da prije neki dan…Od tada mi je stalno na putu i toliko je živa ko da mi Gospa jasno govori kroz nju….Oduševljena sam s tom slikom i zaista se proporu?am Gospi da me vodi di želi pa ako treba i u Sidney….!!!

By: varun kumar

varun kumar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:01:14 +0000

what a lovely painting.

By: Solomiyka

Solomiyka — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:48:02 +0000

Beautiful portrait!!!
Does anyone know who is the artist of this painting?

God Bless!

By: Kerrie Ryan

Kerrie Ryan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:34:36 +0000

Hello, my name is Kerrie Ryan and I run a Catholic Bookshop, drop in / help centre in the mmiddle of Geelong in the Westfield shopping plaza.
one of our regulars would like a posture of Our Lady of the Southern Cross and I was wondering if I could order a few from you.
kind regards,
Kerrie

By: Mal

Mal — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:13:28 +0000

Its a good portrait
Its so accurate that people who’d walk across it would realize who they are.

By: Elena

Elena — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:04:01 +0000

Hi Tom – You can purchase this picture at “The Catholic Weekly” – there is a link in this post – http://precioustreasures.com.au/blog/?p=178

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:11:26 +0000

Is there ANY WAY I can buy this picture?!

By: Elena

Elena — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:15:08 +0000

Hello Tony! Thank you for visiting. I appreciate people's taste in art will vary greatly. Your comment - insipid and ugliest work of contemporary religious art - is not one I agree with. I believe the artist has captured a beautiful moment between mother & child. 'Insipid'? It's a work of art excellently and tastefully executed. 'Ugliest'? It's all in the eye of the beholder. If you truly believe it's an ungly work then for you it is ugly. For me, I see a great deal of beauty here. I see a caring mother, young, and obedient to her Heavenly Father. I see a baby, needing care & nurturing like any other babe - but a beautiful and meaningful reminder that our Lord & Saviour came to us, grew and experienced life on earth with us and gave Himself as the final sacrifice in reparation for our sins. This painting shows to me that in ordinary lives extraordinary things can come about. Although it's obvious the subject is of our Blessed Mother and Jesus, it is also a picture that speaks of hope to many, and many could relate to. God is close to us, even at the 'ends of the earth'.

Michaelangelo's Pieta is an amazing work which I have seen in Rome. It's a perfect work capturing the agonising pain & sorrow piercing through Mary's being. A point in time on the journey for our salvation.

Paul Newton's Our Lady Of The Southern Cross also captures a point in time on the journey for our salvation ..... and it's an amazingly beautiful one.

God Bless,
Elena

By: Tony Robertson

Tony Robertson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:07:34 +0000

This has to be the most insipid and ugliest work of contemporary religious art to be mounted in St Mary’s Cathedral.

It is more offensive in that it was placed in the spot where the Cathedral once had a glorious replica of Michaelangelo’s Pieta.

The Cardinal has demonstrated his pedestrian approach to art and wonder by this commission.Let’s hope Rome calls him home soon!!!