Dad A Thought I have searched the Gospels for evidence of the influence of his parents on his life: the way he handled himself, the way he responded to people and things, the way he set his … [Read more...] about The Advent Meditations – Week 4
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The Advent Meditations – Week 3
Arise, My Friend, and Come A Thought Both John the Baptist and Jesus were especially allergic[1] to the presence of hypocrisy. We might then find it valuable for us to think about this in this … [Read more...] about The Advent Meditations – Week 3
The Advent Meditations – Week 2
"Listen, and You Will Live" Matthew 11: 11 Amen, I [Jesus] say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist.[2] Pope Francis, “A Homily on Holy … [Read more...] about The Advent Meditations – Week 2
The Advent Meditations – Week 1
"Imagination as the Healer" Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943) – “I have spent my life watching, not to see beyond the world, merely to see, great mystery, what is plainly before my eyes. I think the … [Read more...] about The Advent Meditations – Week 1
Nativity: The Fourth Week of Advent
The Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (31 December 1599), Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (b. Milan 1571; d. Porto Ercole 1610)[1] Colossians 3 (NABRE): 1 If then you were raised with … [Read more...] about Nativity: The Fourth Week of Advent
Mary: The Third Week of Advent
The Annunciation by John Collier,[1] the image in the narthex of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney, TX (https://stgabriel.org/). See Luke 1:26-39. Luke 1 (KJV): 26 And in d the … [Read more...] about Mary: The Third Week of Advent
John the Baptist: The Second Week of Advent
A close-up of The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (1566) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (b. 1526-1530; d. 1569)[1] in the Museum of Fine Art in Budapest. LATE have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so … [Read more...] about John the Baptist: The Second Week of Advent
Jesse: The First Week of Advent
The Tree of Jesse window[1] of Chartres Cathedral,[2] showing here the first, or base, panel of the seven panels arranged vertically. Jesse (center), the father of David who would become King; Nahum … [Read more...] about Jesse: The First Week of Advent
Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Mary
Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation[1] (1475), of the Uffizi Gallery[2] in Firenze, Italia. About the Artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the High Renaissance style of Painting, not only its … [Read more...] about Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Mary
Third Sunday of Advent 2017: Elijah
Washington Allston (American, 1779-1843), Elijah in the Desert (1818). The donor who owned this painting, Alice Hooper and her mother, said that they would donate it if Martin Brimmer and his group … [Read more...] about Third Sunday of Advent 2017: Elijah