This devotional print of the All-seeing eye is one of the ways that faith was themed into people’s living rooms. From the cradle to the grave, God is watching: an important consideration, because being devout and performing good deeds can gain believers a remission of some of the days they’d otherwise spend in purgatory. Faith can be a guideline, and something to cling to if you lose your footing. The need for such assurance has given rise to an enormous wealth of statues, devotional items, traditions and customs. From the pew to the living room wall, such objects make the intangible tangible. There is Sunday Mass, processions filing through the streets, regular prayers, confessions and blessings… priests even bless pets, cattle, cars and new buildings. Statues of saints stand guard on the mantelpiece, a house blessing hangs on the wall, and consecrated palm branches are tucked in behind the Holy Water font.