Juan de Flandes (d. 1519)[1], The Raising of Lazarus (c. 1514-1519) in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain Poem “Quietness”[2] by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)[3] Inside this new … [Read more...] about The Raising of Lazarus
Meditations
Jesus and a Man Born Blind
Vassily Surikov (1848-1916)[1], Healing of the Man Born Blind by Jesus Christ (1888) in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Imperial Academy of Arts of the Russian … [Read more...] about Jesus and a Man Born Blind
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria
James Tissot (1836-1902)[1] – The Woman of Samaria at the Well (1886-1894) at the Brooklyn Museum The First Commandment of Fiction has mutated from “write what you know” to “stay in your lane.” … [Read more...] about Jesus and the Woman of Samaria
The Transfiguration of the God-Man
Raphael (1483-1520)[1], The Transfiguration (16th century)[2], in the Dulwich Picture Gallery Poem If you want what visible reality can give, you are an employee.[3] If you want the unseen … [Read more...] about The Transfiguration of the God-Man
The Temptation of the Christ
Jacopo Tintoretto (d. 1594)[1], The Temptation of Christ (1578-1581) in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala Superior.[2] Poem Midway in the journey of our life I came to myself in a dark … [Read more...] about The Temptation of the Christ
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