January 2023 – Page 3 – Nihil sub sole novum

Devotion in Art – Jean-François Millet’s L’Angélus

1880 Drawing by Vincent Van Gogh Jean-François Millet: Peasant and Painter, on The Angelus in an 1881 biography by Alfred Sensier, Millet’s Art Dealer. SmartHistory Dr. Elizabeth Lev explains “The Angelus” by Jean-Francois Millet for Openlight Media Child Stories from the Masters

1 January – The Circumcision

Luke 2.21 Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner (Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1908). La vie des saints The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.Continue reading “1 January – The Circumcision”

Sunday within the Octave of Christmas

Today’s Gospel reading – Luke 2.33-40 – picks up after Simeon’s first words (Nunc dimittis – the Gospel Reading on the second of February, for the Feast of the Purification) with Simeon’s prophecy of the sword that will pierce Mary’s heart. We also today read about Anna the prophetess. Above is the lower half ofContinue reading “Sunday within the Octave of Christmas”