This icon of the Holy Family was given to St. Edward Parish by Fr. Matt Libra after his first Mass as a priest.
It was hand written in Romania and blessed by Pope Benedict XVI.
Blue is the color of human life and red represents divine life.
Mary’s blue undergarment with red overgarment symbolizes divinity put upon her humanity by bearing Jesus.
The stars of perfection on Mary’s shoulders symbolize her perpetual virginity.
The Greek letters ΜΡ ΘΥ stand for Mother of God. The words ΟαΓΙΟς ΙωςΗφ say Saint Joseph.
Jesus’ cruciform halo contains the letters OωΝ meaning Who Am.