PHOTO CAPTION: “Ascension” by John Singleton Copley (1775) is a painting held by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. (Public Domain) Thursday marked the day of Ascension referencing the ascent of Jesus Christ into […]
PHOTO CAPTION: “Saint Paul Writing His Epistles” by Velentin de Boulogne (circa 1618) is a painting in the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. (Public Domain) The eight-week series on the Beatitudes […]
PHOTO CAPTION: “Ecce Homo” (Behold the man) is a painting by Italian master Caravaggio, circa 1605. The words “Ecce homo!” were spoken by Pontius Pilate as he displayed Christ to the crowd. The painting is […]
A blood moon rises above Christ the Redeemer statue during a lunar eclipse seen from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. It’s also the year’s first supermoon, when a full moon appears […]
PHOTO CAPTION: “Conversion on the Way to Damascus” by Caravaggio (circa 1600) is painting held in the collection of the Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome (Public Domain) The Beatitudes compare the world […]
PHOTO CAPTION: “Adoration of the Shepherds” (1609) by Caravaggio is a painting held in the collection of the Regional Museum of Messina, Italy (Public Domain). Caravaggio is known as a master of the use of […]
“The evangelist Matthew and the angel” by Rembrandt (1661) is a painting in the collection of the Louvre-Lens Museum, Lens, France (Public Domain) The final parable in Matthew 13 is the Parable of the scribe. […]
PHOTO CAPTION: Fishermen count and identify fish caught in a seine. (AP Photo/Mike Derer) The seventh parable in Matthew 13 is the Parable of Drawing the Net. Like the Parable of the Tares, the parable […]
PHOTO CAPTION: “The Pearl of Great Price” by Domenico Fetti (cir. 1620) is a painting in the collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (Public Domain) The sixth parable in Matthew 13 is the Parable of […]
“Parable of the hidden treasure” by Rembrandt (cir. 1630) is a painting in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Public Domain | CC BY-SA 1.0) The fifth parable in Matthew 13 is the […]
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