"The Christ of Bethlehem
is the Christ of Galilee,
is the Christ of the Crucifixion,
is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of the Eucharist."
John Cardinal O'Connor
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"The Virgin" - Joseph Stella
"The Virgin" - Joseph Stella
St. Julia of Corsica - My Patron Saint for the year 2010
Sancta Julia .... Feast Day May 22 She holds the Palm of martyrdom, a small crucifix and stands before a larger crucifix, the symbol of her crucifixion. Image and information available HERE
St. Julia Billiart, My 2nd St. Julia Patron Saint for the year 2010
Feast Day April 8th Her organization became the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame (Institute of Notre Dame; Sisters of Notre Dame), dedicated to the Christian education of girls. Canonized in 1970. Read more HERE
St. Genevieve , my patron saint for 2009. Saint Genevieve, Pray For Us.
Click on picture to read about St. Genevieve. Patroness of Paris. I guess this means I'll have to go to Paris in 2009........PRAYER TO SAINT GENEVIEVE................Loving Saint Genevieve, fair patron saint of Paris, lead us in your path of courage and valor. May we fearlessly defend what is right and true, may we turn not away from the fear and anguish of others but stand beside them as you did, and by your holy example help us to find eternal life among the warrior princes of the archangels, and all who serve God and His truth without reservation. (by G. Albert)
St. Isidore, my patron saint for 2008. St. Isidore, Pray for us.
Saint Isidore - O tiller of the soil, dear St. Isidore, it is said that while you labored in the field, "your hand was on the plow but your heart was ever blessed with the thought of God." Now that you are with our Lord in Heaven, ask Him to give us the grace to become accustomed to offer our daily toil to Him; ask Him to bless our land and our home and our harvest; ask Him to bless us in time and in eternity. Amen St. Isidore the Farmer Feast day: May 15th(b. 1070 – d. 1130) Spanish saint and patron saint of farmers and farmworkers
St. Joseph, my patron saint for 2007. St. Joseph, Pray for us.
O God, who in thy ineffable Providence did vouchsafe to choose St. Joseph to be the spouse of Your most holy Mother, grant we beseech You, that he whom we venerate as our protector on earth may be our intercessor in Heaven. Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen
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The Window Shows It All
When I first started blogging I had no idea what my focus would be. Unlike Chelsey, our standard poodle, who had her focus on keeping us safe from the outside world. That’s why I named the blog The Window Shows it All. I later decided sharing my holy card collection would be my goal and that’s why my computer address is not Holy Cards for Inspiration.
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December 16, 2009-April 5, 2010 ....Visitors and their country's flag......
Click on a flag, then when the next page opens click on flag to learn about that particular country.
7 comments:
I have a question. Maybe you don't know either lol, but today's picture brought it to mind again.
Did John and Jesus really know one another as children or is this just some sort of artistic representation?
Is there anything in Church tradition which indicates that they did?
Thanks.
Oh, & btw, is that St Anne or St Elizabeth in the background?
What a beautiful picture, Micki!
Diane S.
Gorgeous picture and very unique idea. How nice to imagine the young families together like that.
I love these pictures of the Holy Family,They have always been popular and the National gallery in London houses the famous Leonardo cartoon of a scene like this, before which i have stood awestruck and deeply moved several times.
The key to knowing who is who is the dress and the oblect they hold, Joseph holds his carpenters square, our Lady and the Infant Christ have the largest Halos and the young Baptist is in his rough camelskin, but the older woman has no attribute, my gut feeling was this is St Anna,Our Ladys mother because she is behind her and the baptist is greeting Christ one would assume st Elizabeth and her husband are hurrying up the path their energetic toddler leading the way!Such sentimental scenes may be imagination but i think as Our lady visited her cousin why should they not visit in turn?perhaps welcoming them back from Egypt! Anyway its a lovely image and gives a warm happy feeling to the heart on a day when we are at home cooking a family lunch and for those alone,Look here is a family who will be with you if you ask them!
Now i have looked again I see the older lady has a book,that makes her St Anne who is shown with one usually pointing out scripture to the youn Mary, sorry but its almost same colour as her robe!
To my shame I am very poorly educated about art. Each day these images inspire me to want to know more and to share my discoveries with my homeschooling children. If you happen to know the name of the artist for each image would you consider posting it? I am having my oldest child look up the artists as they come through and tell me something about the artist, the style of art, and something about the artwork itself. If it is a pain no worries I bought her art programs, but we already look at and enjoy these different images every day.
Cheryl - Great question. I don't know the answer for sure. I just assumed it was St. Johns mother, St. Elizabeth. I read somewhere that possibly St. Anna was not alive when Jesus was born. We will never really know. My personal question was always why does St. John look so much older than Jesus when we know he was only six months older than Jesus.
Diane - It takes a wonderful mother like you to truly appreciate our wonderful Mother Mary. Thanks.
Ginny - I so agree with you.
diddleymaz - What a good job you did of bringing it all together. You are far more knowledgeable than I could possibly be.
SHEAFmom - What can I say...it's a great idea but I just don't want to start having to list artists etc. First of all, it's not always something that is on a card. And if it is, it is surrounded by foreign words etc and I am not familiar with all their names either. So, just trying to do what I can. Sorry I'm not up to doing more. But, I do agree, it would add to the knowledge of the art.
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