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MONASTERY DOGS- UPDATE
Winnie and BellaUpdate on ourLagotto Romagnolopups. People ask, and this past weekend is good occasion for news as a Lagotto won Best in Show at Crufts (in Birmingham, England), the world’s largest...
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UKRAINE BLEEDING
ROMAN ZILINKO was born in 1979 in Ternopil, Ukaraine.In 2001 he graduated from the LvivTheologicalAcademy(now the UkrainianCatholicUniversity).In 2003 he completed his Master degree at the...
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MODERN PIETAS
The Pieta remains a favorite subject of artists even to our own day. Here are two very different images, both of which convey the quiet suffering of our Mother.Saint Alphonsus Liguori said, “Martyrs...
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TENDER PIETAS
One of my favorite artists did some amazingly poignantPIETAS. She often places an animal in her art. The piece to the left shows the dog licking the wounds of the dead Christ, reminiscent of the dogs...
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AMERICAN PIETA
FRITZ EICHENBERG, born in1901 was a German-American illustrator and arts educator who worked primarily in wood engraving. His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice and...
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FRENCH PIETA
MICHEL CIRY was a very talented figure in modern French culture. He was the composer of six symphonies for orchestra, mixed choir, and soloist. He published 36 volumes of memoirs. He was a master of...
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HOLY WEEK-2023
An artist to represent us in Holy week is BENTON MURDOCH SPRUANCE, an American painter, printmaker, and architect. He was a pioneer in color lithography,Born in Philadelphia in 1904. he was known for...
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WOUND OF CHRIST
A little-known devotion in the Passion of Jesus is to the SHOULDER WOUND. In the 12th century, St. Bernard of Clairvaux was praying and asked Jesus what was the greatest unrecorded suffering of His...
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RESURRECTION-2023
HE IS RISEN AS HE PROMISED.ALLELUIA, ALLELUIAVery Early in the Morning“This [Great Alleluia] rises with a slow movement; it rises above the grave of Adam, and it has the blood of Christ on its wings....
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MY PARADISE
Photo by Marty Lehr, March 30, 2023This is part of the Paradise I live in. Recently I was with friends on the mainland going through the SkagitValley. It was a...
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SCIENTIST TO THE POOR
VENERABLE FATHER CARLO CRESPI CROCIwas an amazing man of many talents, known not only for his love and care of the poor people of Ecuador, but also for science in botany and archaeology.This Salesian...
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THE MERCY OF CHRIST
Pope St. John Paul II in his homily, proclaiming the second Sunday of Easter DIVINEMERCY SUNDAY said: during his homily,“Divine Mercy reaches human beings through the heart of Christ crucified: ‘My...
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SAINT TO SYRIA'S POOR
A woman I recently discovered, could become a patron of the poor of Syria, a county in much need of saints in this mostly Muslim country.SOG MATILDE CHELHOT SALEM was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1904 to...
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EARTHDAY ICONS
Tomorrow is EARTHDAYand I found an amazing artist to celebrate this day with her beautiful icons, featuring animals.ANGELA MANNO is an internationally exhibited artist and educator who has been...
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JESUS EATS
The supper at Emmaus- CaravaggioAlmost all of the post-resurrection appearances involve eating and food. In the days between the Resurrection and...
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A POPULAR ROAD
Perhaps one of the most illustrated stories in our modern times, from the Gospels, is the “Road to Emmaus”. I found images from across the globe- here are just a few.Oh foolish foolish heart why do...
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DOUBTS IN THE RESURRECTED LIFE
Did you ever wonder where Thomas was when the other apostles were in the “locked” room? Maybe he was out getting supplies? Wherever he was, he did return to the room, so he could not have gone too...
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD
This Sunday is known as GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY because, in each year of the liturgical cycle on this 4th Sunday of Easter, the Gospel of John is read where Jesus speaks of Himself as the "Good...
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CORONATION CROSS FROM WALES
The second time in my lifetime, we will have a British Coronation. King Charles III of Great Britain was presented with a relic of the True Cross by Pope Francis as an ecumenical gesture on the...
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BEATING HEARTS
There is another great witness that runs through the history of faith: that of the nuns and monks, sisters and brothers who renounce themselves and who renounce the world to imitate Jesus on the path...
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