"Sobotni Promyk" ("Saturday Ray") by Piotr Stachiewicz (1858-1938)[i] Dear Peregrinus (A Monday in June): Hello, dear old friend. It … Read More » about On Joy
Writings
The Bell
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
On Getting the Right Season
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
Jesus Proceeds through Jerusalem
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
The Raising of Lazarus
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
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 … 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 … 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, … 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 … Read More » about The Temptation of the Christ
“Vere Latitat”
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)[2] – Jesus among the Doctors (1506) regarding Luke 2:41-52, but especially at: 46 After three days they found him in … Read More » about “Vere Latitat”
Emergence
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 … 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 … Read More » about Of Storms, Inner and Outer