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THE FACE OF THE SUFFERING CHRIST- HOLY WEEK MEDITATION- TUESDAY
"We cannot come to the full contemplation of the Lord's face by our own efforts alone, but by allowing grace to take us by the hand" (Novo Millennio ineunte, n. 20). John Paul IIThrough the ages both...
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FACE OF SUFFERING JESUS- WEDNESDAY
Tetiana Duman-Skop - Ukrania (d. 2020 of brain cancer at age thirty-nine Most holy Face of Jesus on the cross, what a lesson You give to me! Your charity has reached even to the...
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FACE OF JESUS - THURSDAY
His look was marred “beyond that of man and His appearance beyond that of mortals…He was spurned…and we held Him in no esteem” (Is. 52:14; 53:3). "The face of Christ which is reflected in the Saints,...
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FACE OF JESUS- FRIDAY
"Suffering has to come because if you look at the cross, he has got his head bending down ... he wants to kiss you... and he has both hands open wide ... he wants to embrace you. He has his heart...
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THE FACE OF CHRIST- SATURDAY
The disfigured face of Christ reveals to us the state of the human heart. Nonetheless – even though the blows were able to disfigure His Face and the flogging he received in His Head caused a...
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RADIANT FACE OF JESUS
Resurrection- Ivanka DemchukIf you were not risen,Lord Christ, to whom would we goto discover a radianceof the face of God?If you were not risen,we would not be together seeking your communion.We...
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EASTER MONDAY
Resurrection - Ivanka DemchukEaster Monday, by Christina Rossetti Out in the rain a world is growing green,On half the trees quick buds are seenWhere glued-up buds have been.Out in the rain God’s...
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EASTER IN UKRAINE
Ukraine Easter- Nikolai PimonenkoFor many in our country, the only thing we know about the Ukrainians are their beautiful Easter eggs. We are fortunate to have about a dozen given to us years ago...
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WOMEN OF HOPE
Detail- Myrrahbearers- Ivanka Demchuk“The hour is coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of woman is being achieved in its fullness, the hour in which woman acquires in the world an influence,...
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MYRRHBEARERS
Myrrhbearers- Ivanka DemchukIf in that Syrian garden, ages slain,You sleep, and know not you are dead in vain,Nor even in dreams behold how dark and brightAscends in smoke and fire by day and nightThe...
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RESURRECTION RICHES
Mary at the Tomb- Frank Wesley- IndiaShe brake the box, and all the house was filledWith waftures* from the fragrant store thereof,While at His feet a...
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MODERN SAINTS- UKRAINE
Christ with Two Marys- Frank Wesley- India"For women of this generation, who have lived through past wars, it must be “unbearable to see what has happened and is...
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MEMORARE
Uliana Krekhovets- UkraineRemember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,that never was it knownthat anyone who fled to your protection,implored your helpor sought...
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UKRAINIAN FUTURE
Son, Make the World Better Place, 1988 –Ivan-Valentyn Zadorozhny. (b, 1921 in Rzhyshchiv, Ukraine)We must safeguard the cultural heritage in Ukraine, as a testimony of the past but also as a catalyst...
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UKRAINIAN NATIONAL TREASURE
"May I Give this Ukrainian Bread to all People in this Big Wide World" - 1982In our last Blog we mentioned the artist MARIA PRYMACHENKO. She was born in 1909 to a carpenter and craftsman...
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UKRAINE'S FLOWER ARTIST
Another Ukrainian folk artist that Picasso enjoyed was KATERYNA VASYLIVNA BILOKUR. "If we had an artist of this level, we would make the whole world talk about her.”Born in 1900, in the village of...
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EVOLVING ARTIST
“Bread” TETYANA NILIVNA YABLONSKA was another Ukrainian painter. Her early pictures were devoted to the work and life of Ukrainian people, such a...
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UKRAINIAN DESIGN
Another master of traditional folk art (but with a twist) in her country was,HANNA SOBACHKO-SHOSTAKwho was born in 1883 in Skoptsi, Ukraine. She completed two school grades, started working for rich...
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WHIMSICAL ART IN UKRAINE
EVGENIA GAPCHINSKA calls herself the "number one provider of happiness" in her country, Ukraine. She definitely creates fun art, which is different from artists in her country and she is the highest...
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND MOTHERS
Hanna-Cheriyan Varghese, Malaysia Tomorrow is a double feast- Good Shepherd Sunday and Mother’s Day. We will celebrate both in our hearts and prayers. We have not...
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