New! Body and Blood, Bread and Wine – 19th Century Lithograph – Eucharist – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality

The Mass is a sacrifice; the bread and wine become Jesus's body and blood. We have been purchased at a price (1 Corinthians 6:20). St. Peter said, "You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers … with the precious blood of Christ," (1 Peter 1:18-19). (USCCB.com)

We tend to think of blood in terms of modern chemistry, an iron-rich fluid that brings oxygen and nutrients to the cells of our body. To the ancients and the faithful, it is more than that, it is life, as in the phrase “lifeblood.” The Church teaches in the Catechism, paragraph 1324, “The Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life.’ The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch."

This 19th Century lithograph is a beautiful representation of the sacrifice of the Mass. The angels are present, adoring Jesus, just as they are in the Mass. As for the origin of the print itself, we think it is American due to the directness of style and the reliance on technical excellence to help convey the beauty. We might be wrong. Our second guess would be German. The image was pretty scuffed up, and we have restored it to what we think was the original condition. We think it's lovely. We hope you find it helpful in your journey towards our Lord.

** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.

There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper.

We make Archival Quality fine art prints:

– Acid-free paper

– Archival pigments

– Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less.

– Above story of the art

– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.

– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun.

Thanks for your interest!

+JMJ+

Sue & John

Lincoln, Nebraska

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“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”

~ St. Pope John Paul II

Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.