gratia dei et contentione voluntatis excellentiam virtutis adipiscimur

“With the grace of God and the effort of will we obtain the excellence of virtue”

 

Ludwig Seitz (1844–1908), Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican

 

Painting shows Divine Grace and Human Works exemplified by an Angel showing the Sun

 

to an old Labouring man. Without the Sun, the labourer`s works are useless. Just as

 

the Sun brings about the material works of man, Grace vivifies and sanctifies the

 

works of the Spirit

Done