He was left almost friendless, with only his mother, his aunt, Mary of Magdala and the apostle John there at the end. Who would have believed what had happened, that the man
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Lent 2013, Day 44: Who Are You at the Last Supper?
Consider this interpretation of da Vinci’s The Last Supper, courtesy of Free Christ Images: Who are you in the picture? One of the three people on the far right, talking among themselves rather than looking at Jesus or interacting with the larger group? The bearded man on the near left, watching Jesus and seemingly disconnected from… Continue reading Lent 2013, Day 44: Who Are You at the Last Supper?
Lent 2013, Day 43: The Holy or the Broken Hallelujah
When I was a teenager, my hometown was gifted with a copy of Michelangelo’s David. After much controversy, it was erected (no pun intended) without a fig leaf over his private parts. “Look at his eyes,” my father liked to say when we’d go by the statue, which was
Lent 2013, Day 42: A Tale of Two Apostles
The worst of times was coming; two of them knew it. John’s Gospel tells it this way: Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” After indicating the villain will be the one to whom he hands a morsel after dipping it,