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The Virgin of Tenderness and Marianne Stokes
As we approach Candlemas on February 2nd, the traditional end of the Christmas season, I would like to reflect upon this tender portrait of the Madonna…
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The Baptism of Christ and the Golden Age of the Baptismal Font
The Freckenhorst font
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The Festive Joy of Epiphany in Fra Angelico and Fra Lippo Lippi’s Adoration of the Magi
To us, therefore, who believe, the Bridegroom always appears beautiful.
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December 2024

Christ of the Cave: What the artistic tradition says about where Jesus was born
“The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example.
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The O Antiphons and the Stammheim Missal
In September I co-authored a piece with Robert Keim on the glorious Michaelmas miniature from the Stammheim Missal.
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The Virgin Mary, the Burning Bush, and the Tree of Jesse
She is the ark of the covenant, The bush of vision, Gideon's fleece, That is moistened with the dew of the air, The sum of the old law, Solomon's…
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Five contemporary artists
Art for the Liturgical Year’s Christmas list featuring Ivanka Demchuk, Hilary White, William Rerick, Daniel Mitsui, and Liturgy of the Home
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November 2024

“Follow Me”: An Illumination for St. Andrew’s Day
“And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.”
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A forgotten Victorian painter, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, and the Holy Face
Despite being one of the most prominent painters of the Victorian period, Marianne Stokes is largely unknown today.
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Saint Martin of Tours in Chartres Cathedral
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October 2024

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