Our Lady of Peace — Devotional Titles — Marian Devotion Downloadable 8k Digital Illustration

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks."
Micah 4:3

During the 16th century, this title gained prominence in France when a statue of Mary was credited with ending the violent civil strife of the Wars of Religion. The devotion was formally solidified during World War I, when Pope Benedict XV invoked the "Queen of Peace" as a desperate plea to end "civilization's suicide." Mary is viewed as the spiritual arbiter who stands at the center of conflict to disarm the heart, transcend war, calm domestic strife, or ease a troubled mind. Rendered as silk and cotton cloth, kente style of Ghana. Kente is a ceremonial system that encodes unity, hierarchy, and restored order.