This is the 13th Station -Jesus is taken down from the cross.  I just cannot get over the amount of emotion that the artist put into the face of the Blessed Mother.  This is just a piece of plaster and you would have to be blind not to see the extreme pain and emotionally draining sorrow that is present in her heart and on her face!  I truly think that people today cannot reproduce these emotions because there is no one that is  willing to use the grace that the Good God gives to those with talent in this field.  These stations of the cross are in our church in Waubeka, Wisconsin.

I read somewhere that California is trying to outlaw the "seal of the confessional" with a law that would make it a crime for a priest or other clergy man to conceal a crime that was revealed in the confessional. Here is the saint (martyr) that lost his life refusing to cave into such pressure:

 I read somewhere that California is trying to outlaw the "seal of the confessional" with a law that would make it a crime for a priest or other clergy man to conceal a crime that was revealed in the confessional.  Here is the saint  (martyr) that lost his life refusing to cave into such pressure:

St John Nepomucene, Martyr of the Seal of the Confessional

From Catholic Online

In his early childhood, John Nepomucene was cured of a disease through the prayers of his good parents. In thanksgiving, they consecrated him to the service of God. After he was ordained, he was sent to a parish in the city of Prague. He became a great preacher, and thousands of those who listened to him changed their way of life. Father John was invited to the court of Wenceslaus IV. He settled arguments and did many kind deeds for the needy people of the city. He also became the queen's confessor. When the king was cruel to the queen, Father John taught her to bear her cross patiently. One day, about 1393, the king asked him to tell what the queen had said in confession. When Father John refused, he was thrown into prison. A second time, he was asked to reveal the queen's confession. "If you do not tell me," said the king, "you shall die. But if you obey my commands, riches and honor will be yours." Again Father John refused. He was tortured. The king ordered to be thrown into the river. Where he drowned, a strange brightness appeared upon the water. He is known as the "martyr of the confessional." He is patron of Czechoslovakia, where he is invoked against floods and against slander. His feast day is May 16.

May Crowning 2019- Our Lady of the Rosary