New! Joseph and Jesus (detail from The Holy Family with a Little Bird by Murillo) – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality St. Francis medal; Francis charm The Assumption of Mary was

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New! Joseph and Jesus (detail from The Holy Family with a Little Bird by Murillo) – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality St. Francis medal; Francis charm The Assumption of Mary wasWe've selected a detail from the Murillo painting, "The Holy Family with a Little Bird" because we like the focus on Jesus and Joseph, and how comfortable and sweet they seem to be together. So many depictions of the two are so formal, without much emotion, but this one is of the rarer kind where Joseph is loving and fatherly, and Jesus is obviously quite comfortable in the arms of his foster father. The original setting of the painting is a little