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 #50 – On Joy
Writings
#49 – 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 #49 – The Bell
#48 – 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 #48 – 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
Poem If you want what visible reality can give, you are an employee.[3] If you want the unseen world, you are not living with your truth.[4] … Read More » about The Transfiguration of the God-Man
The Temptation of the Christ
Poem Midway in the journey of our life I came to myself in a dark wood, for the straight way was lost. Ah, how hard it is to tell the nature of … Read More » about The Temptation of the Christ
#47 – “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 #47 – “Vere Latitat”
#46 – Emergence
It is the fact that never in all history before this had any Jew submitted to being baptized. The Jews knew and used baptism, but only for proselytes … Read More » about #46 – Emergence
#45 – Of Storms, Inner and Outer
Dear Peregrinus (First Week of Advent)[1]: Thank you for your call on Thanksgiving day, and now happy Advent. Your words always fly, like a dart in … Read More » about #45 – Of Storms, Inner and Outer