Description Wax 2-1/2″ Dia x 7-3/4″H Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us! This beautifully detailed devotional candle from Will & Baumer® is hand-decorated with metallic gold wax and features an image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, is celebrated on June 27 by the universal Church. The devotion to this Marian advocation revolves around the picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, painted on wood, with a background of gold. It is Byzantine in style and is supposed to have been painted in the thirteenth century. It represents the Mother of God holding the Divine Child while the Archangels Michael and Gabriel presenting Him the instruments of His Passion. Over the figures in the picture are some Greek letters which form the abbreviated words Mother of God, Jesus Christ, Archangel Michael, and Archangel Gabriel respectively. Spread the love
