I still remember sitting in a classroom after school for a ‘sodality’ meeting. I don’t remember which one. Which sodality, I mean. I doubt if I even knew at the time that there’s more than one. I would have been perhaps ten years old. Not any older and quite possibly younger. The moderator asked me [...]
I’ve been making lists and then trying to follow through on them. This procedure, which seems normal to most people, is very difficult for me. I often make lists of things I think I need to do, and when I’ve written down all those things, I go do something that’s not on the list, but [...]
Louvre, Virgin of the Rocks 1483-1486 Leonardo da Vinci Louvre, Paris Wikipedia/public domain London Virgin of the Rocks 1495-1508 Leonardo da Vinci National Gallery London Wikipedia/public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_the_Rocks A friend of mine and I were discussing the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, possibly because the Catholic Church just celebrated the [...]
From Dayton museum, Art of O-Sek Bang. "Madonnas of the Morning Calm: Sacred Images from Korea" (2006). https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1089&context=ml_exhibitsummaries
Today the Feast of Saint Jane DeChantal is celebrated but only in the US. For most of my life, her feast has bounced around. Many years ago it was celebrated on August 21, which I am very aware of because it was the anniversary of my parents’ wedding. At the time my mother wasn’t a [...]
