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
Writings
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
#44 – What He Learned, and from Whom
Dear Peregrinus (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time), Happy November to you. I wish you peace and insight on this Sunday, when at Mass the Readings we … Read More » about #44 – What He Learned, and from Whom
#43 – The Name Above All Names, and the Nameless One
Dear Peregrinus (Monday PM, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary): I am writing to you from inside a wondrous autumn afternoon, which the Pacific … Read More » about #43 – The Name Above All Names, and the Nameless One