A Sword Will Pierce
Your Own Soul Too
The Life of Mary and
the Passion of Christ
in the Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer
Life of Mary
Angel Appearing to Joachim
The despondent Joachim went into the wilderness
where an angel appeared before him announcing that his wife would bear a
daughter. The angel continued, “And your daughter will someday bear a son and
she will give him the name of Jesus, and he will save his people from their
sins.”
c. 1505