Merry Christmas
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Wednesday December 25, 2024 at 12:00AM in General
Et Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis: et vidimus gloriam ejus, gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre, plenum gratiæ et veritatis. (St. John 1: 14).
Image (public domain): La nativité de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ, James Tissot
Happy Easter
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Sunday March 31, 2024 at 12:00AM in General
And they went into the tomb, and saw there, on the right, a young man seated, wearing a white robe; and they were dismayed. But he said to them, No need to be dismayed; you have come to look for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified; he has risen again, he is not here. Here is the place where they laid him. (St. Mark 16: 5-6; Knox Version).
Resurrection of Christ, Fra Angelico (Public domain)
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Merry Christmas
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Monday December 25, 2023 at 12:00AM in General
The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. (St. Mark 1:15; Douay-Rheims version).
Image (public domain): The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, Duccio di Buoninsegna. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Happy Easter
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Sunday April 09, 2023 at 12:00AM in General
And suddenly there was a great trembling of the earth, because an angel of the Lord came to the place, descending from heaven, and rolled away the stone and sat over it; his face shone like lightning, and his garments were white as snow; so that the guards trembled for fear of him, and were like dead men. (Saint Luke 28:2-4 Knox Version).
Image (public domain): Resurrection of Christ by Noël Coypel
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Merry Christmas
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Sunday December 25, 2022 at 12:00AM in General
And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins. (St. Matthew 1:21; Douay-Rheims version).
Image (public domain): The Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto (1523)
Happy Easter
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Sunday April 17, 2022 at 12:00AM in General
And then, when he sat down at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and offered it to them; whereupon their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. (St. Luke 24:30; Knox Version).
Image (public domain): Supper at Emmaus by Matthias Stom
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Merry Christmas
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Saturday December 25, 2021 at 12:00AM in General
This is the sign by which you are to know him; you will find a child still in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger.
(Luke 2:12; Knox Version).
Image (public domain): L'Adoration des Bergers by Georges de La Tour
Happy Easter
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Sunday April 04, 2021 at 12:00AM in General
Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalen went to the tomb, and found the stone moved away from the tomb door. (St. John 20:1; Knox Version).
Image (public domain): The Resurrection by Carl Heinrich Bloch
Happy Easter
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2020 at 12:00AM in General
And when the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought spices, to come and anoint Jesus. So they came to the tomb very early on the day after the sabbath, at sunrise. Then they looked up, and saw that the stone, great as it was, had been rolled away already.
(St. Mark 16:1,2,4; Knox Version).
Image (public domain): Les Saintes Femmes au Tombeau by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Merry Christmas
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Wednesday December 25, 2019 at 12:00AM in General
And the Word was made flesh, and came to dwell among us (John 1:14, Knox Version).
Image (public domain): Our faith and its defenders: comprising the trials and triumphs of the defenders of our faith in America by John Gilmary Shea.
Merry Christmas
by Richard Pajerski
Posted on Tuesday December 25, 2018 at 12:00AM in General
Image (public domain): Philippe de Champaigne