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Andrea del Castagno, The Holy Trinity with St. Jerome and Two Female Saints
Italian, c. 1453
Florence, Church of Santissima Annunziata
Snake in Russian and Chinese.
Isn't it interesting how they say the Silk Road "Snakes" through to Russia? I'm not reaching here, because this is what the communist Chinese call the road to Russia, they refer to it as a 🐍 in their language.
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The Holy Family & Holy Trinity
St. Anselm attempted to explain Trinity. God &His Word know each other perfectly & are perfectly good;therefore, there's a perfect love betwn them.This love is the Holy Ghost.The Holy Trinity can be thought of as a perfect family & as perfect love.
She is the “Mother of the Lord” before whom the prophet John leaps and Elizabeth exults, as David danced and exulted before the “Ark of the Lord” (see 2 Samuel 6:9,16; 1 Chronicles 15:28).
Adam & Eve cast out of Paradise
Elijah in Wilderness Angel from God brings him Bread & Water
Christ in the Desert
St Mary of Egypt in the Desert
I am only beginning to understand why the Desert Father's suffered many yrs in such a climate. St John the Baptist, pray for us
Judith saved her people by vanquishing an adversary she described as not just one heathen but ”all unbelievers” (Jdt 13:27); she thus stood as an ideal agent of anti-heretical publications, and her important role as one of the many great Church militants.
In spite of having suffered loss, praises the wisdom of his steward, who has with prudence safeguarded his own interests, although at the expense of his master; how much more will Christ, who can suffer no loss.
"& I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity"
"The Fall of the Rebel Angels"
Artist:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Medium: Oil On Panel
Date: 1562
Culture: Flemish
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, an Italian Capuchin friar who once led Catholic forces to victory against the Ottoman Turks armed only with a crucifix. Not only an imperial military chaplain, but also a theologian, diplomat, popular preacher, and extremely proficient polyglot.