Piero della Francesca (1410 or 1420 – 1492), The Baptism of Christ (1450s)[1] It is the fact that never in all history before this had any Jew submitted to being baptized. The Jews knew and used … [Read more...] about Emergence
Of Storms, Inner and Outer
Jesus Sleeps During the Tempest by James Tissot (1836-1902) Dear Peregrinus (First Week of Advent)[1]: Thank you for your call on Thanksgiving day, and now happy Advent. Your words always fly, … [Read more...] about Of Storms, Inner and Outer
What He Learned, and from Whom
Annunciation (1655-1660) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682)[1], in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Dear Peregrinus (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time), Happy November to you. I wish … [Read more...] about What He Learned, and from Whom
The Name Above All Names, and the Nameless One
The Good Samaritan (1838)[1] by Pelegrin Clavé y Roqué (1811-1880) Dear Peregrinus (Monday PM, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary): I am writing to you from inside a wondrous autumn … [Read more...] about The Name Above All Names, and the Nameless One
At The “In-between”
Genesis 28: 16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place and I did not know it!” 17 He was afraid….”[1] Dear Peregrinus (begun on the 23rd Sunday … [Read more...] about At The “In-between”
Father, Into Your Hands
Jacques-Joseph “James” Tissot (1836-1902)[1], “Ce que voyait Notre-Seigneur sur la Croix” (i.e., “What Our Lord Saw from the Cross”), created between 1886-1894, at the Brooklyn Museum in New … [Read more...] about Father, Into Your Hands
I Thirst
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)[1] and Protégé, Christ and the Woman of Samaria (c. 1655)[2] John 19:28 oAfter this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be … [Read more...] about I Thirst
Why Have You Forsaken Me?
El Greco[1] (b. on Crete c. 1541; d. Toledo, 1614), The Crucifixion with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene (between 1597-1600). Held in the Prado Museum, public domain.[2] Matthew 27:45 From noon … [Read more...] about Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Behold, your Mother
John 19: 25 *m Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. 26 When Jesus saw his mother* and the disciple there whom he … [Read more...] about Behold, your Mother
With Me in Paradise
James Tissot[1] (1836-1902), “l’âme du bon Larron” (i.e., “the soul of the good Thief”), painted between 1886-1894, collected at the Brooklyn Museum Luke 23: 39 *Now one of the criminals hanging … [Read more...] about With Me in Paradise