mary & joseph bronze sculpture

Mary and Joseph are seen as a young couple in this monumental sculpture. Mary is expecting a child; her strong husband Joseph stands beside her as a support. He is loving, trusting and appears to be a worker. He carries a carpenter’s square in his right hand, which is a symbol of his ability to “square” things up as well as his trade. Mary is looking across the transept at Jesus on the cross. One hand is placed upon her womb, and the other is extended toward The Crucifixion across the Cathedral. She submits herself to the day that she will have to feel the pain of giving up her son to fulfill God’s plan.