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The Prophet

February 11, 2021 By Rick Ganz

For the others, we can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic … Read More » about The Prophet

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus Tagged With: Covid, Lent

The Wandering

January 14, 2021 By Rick Ganz

Doris Kearns Goodwin (b. 1943) - “If you interview five people about the same incident, and you see five different points of view, it makes you know … Read More » about The Wandering

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

On Innovation

November 11, 2020 By Rick Ganz

James J. Tissot (1836-1902) – The Merchants Chased from the Temple (between 1886-1894)[1], located in the Brooklyn Museum. See John 2:12-25. From St. … Read More » about On Innovation

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

On Hope

October 13, 2020 By Rick Ganz

Lighthouse"The light shines in the darkness / and the darkness has not overcome it." Dante, Inferno, Canto III, lines 7-9 (trans. Clive James) - … Read More » about On Hope

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

On Kindness

September 10, 2020 By Rick Ganz

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (c. 1606-1669)[1] – The Denial of Saint Peter (1660)[2] in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.See: … Read More » about On Kindness

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

On Response-Ability

August 12, 2020 By Mary Edmonds

Dear Peregrinus: I’m glad to hear from our friends Tara and Rick that you are doing well and staying safe and healthy in the midst of this global … Read More » about On Response-Ability

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

On Joy

July 14, 2020 By Tara Ludwig

Dear Peregrinus (A Monday in June):  Hello, dear old friend.  It is nearly a year since I have written to you last, and my, what profound … Read More » about On Joy

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

The Bell

June 18, 2020 By Rick Ganz

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dulle Griet - Born c. 1525, in Brueghel, near Breda, or at Brueghel, near 's Hertogenbosch; died 5 September 1569, in … Read More » about The Bell

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus

On Getting the Right Season

May 13, 2020 By Rick Ganz

This photo from France Today website, in an article by Caroline Harrap, 20 April 2020. The fire burned the Cathedral in early morning of 16 April 2019 … Read More » about On Getting the Right Season

Filed Under: Dear Peregrinus Tagged With: Notre Dame

Jesus Proceeds through Jerusalem

April 4, 2020 By Rick Ganz

James Tissot (1836-1902)[1], The Procession in the Streets of Jerusalem (1886-1894) in the Brooklyn Museum Poem XXXII[2] - by Emily … Read More » about Jesus Proceeds through Jerusalem

Filed Under: Lent, Meditations

The Raising of Lazarus

March 28, 2020 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about The Raising of Lazarus

Filed Under: Lent, Meditations Tagged With: Lazarus, Lent

Jesus and a Man Born Blind

March 21, 2020 By Rick Ganz

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 … Read More » about Jesus and a Man Born Blind

Filed Under: Lent, Meditations Tagged With: Lent

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