Sw. Maria Magdalena i Pieta

Fascinating…, the word, a pietà is a statue or other art showing the Virgin Mary, a mother overwhelmed by love and grief at the unjust death of her son. A pietà is an artwork explicitly depicting The Holy Mother, the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Christ. It is a particular form of the devotional affective practices/traditions known as the theme of Our Lady of Sorrows. The use of affective practices within the Polish folklore culture is interesting enough, but this is not the mother in sorrow, is it the lover, devoted disciple, wife, prostitute? It is Mary Magdalene, the controversial identity within the Roman Catholic faith and the subject of ongoing debate. Fascinating…