Flight into Egypt – Chinese Catholic Art Print Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Wood Frame (source:www

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The image invites us in with them

Even the trompe-l'œil church background serves the theme

She gave her nursing baby up to her father

The Governor promised Agnes wonderful gifts if she would only deny God

Flight into Egypt – Chinese Catholic Art Print Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Wood Frame (source:wwwUnlike the fierce waves in his painting, "Jesus Calms the Storm," in this picture, John Lu Hung nien has made the water completely calm and yet ominous. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus are escaping into Egypt, perhaps crossing the rivulets in the Nile Delta. The scene is extremely quiet, but it is full of uncertainty. In the misty water, we cannot even see where the water stops and the sky begins. What will happen next for the Holy Family? It is uncertain.