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
Dear Peregrinus
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”
I Would Give Anything
The Virgin Mary Being Comforted (1852), Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dear Peregrinus, It is Mary Edmonds who writes to you today. It has been a whole year since our last correspondence. Our dear … [Read more...] about I Would Give Anything
On Suffering
“The Pieta” (1876), William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)[i] Dear Peregrinus (Monday, 7:30 PM): It is Tara Ludwig who writes to you today, Peregrinus, she of the Faber Institute, … [Read more...] about On Suffering
Holy Days
The Magi Journeying[1] by James Tissot, 1836-1902, from his Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ series painted between 1886-1894. Dear Peregrinus (5:30 PM; 11th Night): Happy 11th day of Christmastide … [Read more...] about Holy Days
A Last Thing
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “Christmas Homecoming” on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post (December 1948)[1] Dear Peregrinus (9:15 AM): Thank you for writing recently and letting me know what … [Read more...] about A Last Thing
First Truth
Dear Peregrinus (2 PM): We have begun a daily reading of St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (written in Ephesus in 54 or 55 CE) – sections of which constitute the first Reading each day … [Read more...] about First Truth