Collection: Christ the Gardener

ARTIST: Br. Mickey McGrath, OSFS

ARTWORK NARRATIVE:

In John’s Gospel, Mary Magdalene is at Christ’s tomb on Easter morning and mistakes the Risen Christ for the gardener! In keeping with that delightful symbol here, Christ wears a gardener’s hat and exposes the wounds in his hands which reveal Heavenly Light within.

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“Mary Magdalene turned around and saw Jesus standing there,
but she did not know it was Jesus...supposing him to be the gardener."
(John 20:14, 15)