Some wonderful eye candy... for Saint Wenceslaus whose feast is in September but who is the subject of the song, Good King Wenceslaus! https://churchwonders.com/st-wenceslaus-church-wahoo-ne/ And a beautiful Christmas quote from Sigrid Undset (Christmas and Twelfth Night) "And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us [...]
Header: The Adoration of the Magi Sandro Botticelli 1478-1482 National Gallery of Art: Public domain Here below is Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi's interpretation. (1440-1460) I've always loved the circular format and the peacock. Discussion of symbolism in the painting... https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/angelico-lippi-the-adoration-of-the-magi.html Update! https://www.nga.gov/stories/adoration-of-the-magi-fra-angelico-fra-filippo-lippi.html#top Another link! December 27: Feast of Saint John the Apostle. December [...]
On the second day of Christmas, celebrate Saint Stephen's day, or the story of Good King Wenceslaus, or anything else that is Christmas. Five years ago my son celebrated his first Christmas as a seminarian. Saint Charles Borromeo, the seminary in Philadelphia where half of the Arlington seminarians go, had a number of lovely traditions [...]
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