Hail, O Lady, unique gateway through whom the Lord alone has passed! Hail, O you who, through your maternity, have shattered the locks of Hades! Hail, divine access towards salvation for the saved, O you so perfectly worthy of our praise! From the Akathist hymn to Our Lady written by Saint Romanus in Constantinople around [...]
Some links today. Header from Benvenuto di Giovanni 1400's. A story about three pictures by Peter Paul Rubens that were exhibited together at the National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2015/rubens-the-three-magi.html Here's a whole presentation about the paintings in the exhibit. https://www.nga.gov/features/rubens-magi.html#parmain_text Mary as a shepherdess? Mary divine??? A fascinating and very balanced discussion of a statue [...]
I was called into my old school to do substitute teaching last Friday, and by Sunday I was down with a bug. For reasons I won’t go into, I am absolutely certain that’s where I got sick. And sick is where I remain. So this is a short post! The Vatican is supposed to put [...]
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