Dusty Quotations

by Auguste Rodin

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Happy Easter!

John 20:1-17 20 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken […]

Dusty Buildings

Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)

Dusty Art

Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino (1753)

+ This is one of the most incredible works of sculpture of all time. His contemporaries were so stunned by it that conspiracies arose abut his use of alchemy to create it.

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper (Book Review)

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper by Brant Pitre (Book Review)

Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Hugh of Châteauneuf, also sometimes called Hugh of Grenoble (1 April) celebrates an 11th and 12th century French Bishop famous for his long work against Church corruption – including simony.

+ Includes a Feast Day recipe for Tête de veau (Calf’s Head, alternatively referred to sometimes as Mock Turtle Soup)

Dusty Art

Crucifixion by Titian, is a 1558 oil on canvas painting that in addition to being a technical masterpiece, was also a pioneering piece of Counter-Reformation art.

Dusty Quotations

by Franklin Pierce

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Be Thou My Vision

Be Though My Vision by Dallán Forgaill

Dusty Buildings

Khor Virap (near Lusarat, Ararat Province, Armenia)

+ A beautiful Armenian monastery, within view of Mount Ararat, sits on the site of a former prison dungeon dug deep into the ground. The name of the place today, Khor Virap, translates as “deep dungeon.”

In the early 4th century, after more than a decade in this dark pit, St. Gregory the Illuminator emerged and helped to bring Christianity to Armenia. The monastery (and the pit) are now one of the country’s most visited pilgrimage sites.