Today's image is a photo of an artefact from a collection held by the Marian Library of the University of Dayton, Ohio.  Its simplicity is the key to its significance - minimal details, no facial features, only three characters.

A prayer (written here, not used in the reflection)

God of the simple things,

Thank you that you simply came into our complicated world,

That we might rediscover the simple truth that you love us.

Amen