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The Clothes Make the Man
A few years ago I had the privilege of standing in the sacristy of a Ukrainian church watching a priest friend of mine prepare [...]
A Father’s Love Remains to the End
The first recorded piece of human art is believed to be a tiny, 30,000-year-old sculpture of a goddess found in Australia (called the Venus [...]
Who Taught Leonardo to Paint?
His name was Verrocchio (sounds like Pinocchio). That’s the short answer to our title question. Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) was a Florentine master of [...]
The Angel Who Ordered an Emergency Baptism
Do angels intervene in sacraments? We know from our earliest instructions in the faith that angels exist and are concerned about our welfare. Anyone [...]
The Inspiring Story Behind the “Praying Hands”
It is impossible to know from external appearances what kinds of interior burdens people carry with them throughout life. In fact, if we knew [...]
In The Bleak Midwinter Christ Comes to Us as Family
The 19th century poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) gave the world a great gift in her masterful poem about the birth of Christ, “In the [...]
