{"id":71759,"date":"2026-02-11T01:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=71759"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:25:33","slug":"holiness-of-family-life-a-look-behind-the-icon-depicting-a-mother-of-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/holiness-of-family-life-a-look-behind-the-icon-depicting-a-mother-of-8\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heiligheid van het gezinsleven\u2019: Een blik achter het icoon van een moeder van 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Father Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries\u2019 40th anniversary. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of FOCCUS CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). When an iconographer began his work on a unique icon, he looked to the bones of the saint\u2019s husband for help.FOCCUS Marriage Ministries, a Catholic marriage ministry, invited the priest-iconographer Father Richard Reiser to make an icon of St.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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When an iconographer began his work on a unique icon, he looked to the bones of the saint\u2019s husband for help.FOCCUS Marriage Ministries, a Catholic marriage ministry, invited the priest-iconographer Father Richard Reiser to make an icon of St.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":65196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-71759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97179,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/5-things-to-know-about-st-bridget-of-sweden-mystic-and-mother-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":71759,"position":0},"title":"5 things to know about St. Bridget of Sweden, mystic and mother","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juli 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"On July 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic of the Middle Ages who was a wife, mother to a large family, lady-in-waiting to a queen, and founder of a religious order that still exists today.1. 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