Folk Art Retablo Saint John of the Cross Poets Contemplative Mystics Carmelites Garlick St. Peter Faber severe penance and fasting

severe penance and fasting

The back of the cross is painted and signed by the artist

and self to die

It might be worn by a nursing mother to help her milk flow or be pinned to a baby's clothing to protect the baby from harm

"Faithful servant of God and invincible martyr

Folk Art Retablo Saint John of the Cross Poets Contemplative Mystics Carmelites Garlick St. Peter Faber severe penance and fastingTitle: "Saint John of the Cross." St. John of the Cross was born into poverty in Avila, Spain. His father was disowned when he married a woman of low social stature. Compounding matters, his father died when John was three. John started on a religious path as a child: he was an acolyte at an Augustinian monastery, attended a Jesuit school and joined the Carmelite Order as a friar and then priest when he was able. He followed St. Teresa of Avila, his