





Something a little different for my brothers and sisters in Christ! My wife Erica Evans has operated a Paper Craft business in Cardiff for over 20 years. She and a group of amazing women get together at a community centre, where Erica teaches the art of making amazing beautiful cards, journals and other various crafts known as "paper crafts''.
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Erica has been a practising Christian (Church of England) in her own way for most of her lifetime and has tolerated me as "the weirdo" Catholic husband who tends to get a little over excited, in anything which reveals the person of Jesus Christ. I will add at this point that she does have cause to call me a little weird; I've tried many times to turn the ladies craft group into a prayer group subtly; but have settled for a compromise, in that some of the ladies and I have healing prayers at coffee time!
The above said the reason why I write is that on a journey to Rome recently, Erica, my beautiful wife was swept off her feet. The story of the saints through Art - In particular, a painting of Saint Jerome (Communion of St Jerome) by Domenichino, with emphasis on the Blessed Sacrament, and St Teresa's (The Ecstasy of St Teresa) by Bernini. There were so many other paintings that she seemed to be transfixed by, and I can only say that what happened in Rome was miraculous. In that, her heart was seduced by Our Lord Jesus, and as a result on returning to Wales, Erica had come to realise that she was missing out on the Sacrament of Holy Communion; this amongst other aspects of our faith. We are now in the process of having her join the Catholic church, after 22 years of marriage.
The image of the Sacred Heart within the header of this page was a gift that Erica hand made for me on St Valentines Day. It is made of papier-mâché (heart), gold leaf and decoupage. Receiving this gift after recently returning from Rome has left me in no doubt that my bride has become a "Bride in Christ". This a remarkable example of how our Lord Jesus receives our love, enabling us to gain more of His. And so we are empowered to LOVE others far more than we are able too on our own. Praise to Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, God and Saviour.
We have featured some other beautiful Christian Craft items on the website for those who wish to be further inspired by Paper Crafts for Christians.
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