Many of you have asked about my knee. I had an MRI last week and today I consulted with the surgeon. The news is not very good. It is not a meniscus problem. Years ago I ruptured my ACL. In those days, that meant an open surgery with screws in the knee to hold the…
Fall comes to Parma
Truett Haire, a long-time reader, has asked for prayer for his wife Laurita who has a severe case of COVID. She is taking Ivermectin. I will have an MRI on Thursday to determine possible damage to my knee from the accident in June. It didn’t show up until recently when I no longer had a…
Consider these two images. Eve, the failure of humanity and Mary, the protector of the Church. Both mistaken mythology. You’ve come a long way, baby. At least that’s what the Church would like you to think.
Yesterday I took the train to Bologna. I visited four churches in the morning and shot this at San Paolo Maggorie. I thought I would give you the whole ceiling look and then zoom in on one part. BTW, shot without a tripod and some serious correction afterward. There was hardly any light on these…
I am always amazed at the incredible craftsmanship of the Italian Renaissance. Here is a tapestry hanging in Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo. Imagine the work that went into this. It’s about 8 feet tall and 20 feet long. The detail is stunning. Yes, of course, it’s an Italian version of the crucifixion (you can…
“ . . . reckoning the crime of fathers with sons and sons with sons, to the third generation and the fourth.” Exodus 34:7 Alter This was supposed to go out on October 8, but the server missed the schedule. Reckoning – Robert Alter’s attempt to render the Hebrew pāqad avoids the totally misdirected implication…
So often in Catholic churches in Italy the conversion decision is portrayed in stark relief. Here’s something from Chiesa di San Vitale in Parma. You get to decide which path you want to choose (and notice who is in the “comforting” one): This? Or this?
