Puer Natus Est Nobis Cloister Collection Catholic Icon Plaque

This icon plaque, A Child is Born For Us, comes from the Cloister Collection, Catholic to the Max’sexclusive line of wood slab icons. The image is an illuminated manuscript of the introit (the opening prayer) of the third Christmas Mass in the in the latin mass, “Puer Natus Est”. It is taken from the verse in Isaiah 9:6, which reads, “For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace”. Here is a link to what the chant sounds like. This text is also famously sung in Handel’s Messiah. Step into the past and experience ancient beauty with Cloister Collection icons. Fashioned in Steubenville, Ohio by a dedicated team of Catholic woodworkers and graphic restoration artists, these large, weighty icons have a medieval, weathered look produced through a complex process of machining and digital