Don't know if I will keep this up or not, but have the impulse this morning to post artistic images of repentance and conversion here for the remainder of Lent. This is either a one-off or first in a series!
Happy Epiphany, Transferred
The Infant looks upon these holy pilgrims with a joyful countenance, and thus shows that He accepts these first-fruits of His Redemption. The divine Mother is also silent, but welcomes them wth her smiling looks, and thanks them for the homage done to her Son. They adore Him also in silence, and acknowledge Him for their Saviour and their God, offering Him gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.
Yes, my Infant Jesus, the more humbled and poor I behold Thee, the more dost Thou inflame me with Thy love.O Jesus, my Infant King! I also adore Thee, and offer Thee my miserable heart. Accept it and change it. Make it wholly Thine own, so that it may love nothing but Thee. My sweet Saviour, save me, and let my eternal happiness be to love Thee always and without reserve. O Mary, most holy Virgin, I hope for this grace from thee.
~ From a meditation on Epiphany by St. Alphonsus Liguori
Read more: I found both the image and the meditation through Father V on X
Happy Epiphany!
So: in the US, where the Solemnity of Epiphany is transferred to Sunday, is today the 13th day of Christmas?
Merry Christmas, Day 12!
A little late today, but made it! Tom Hoopes asks: Do we lack what the wise men have?
Merry Christmas, Day 11!
I address therefore all the various communities: the peoples, the nations, the regimes, the political, economic, social and cultural system, and I say:
— Accept the great truth concerning man;
— Accept the full truth concerning man that was uttered on Christmas Night;
— Accept this dimension of man that was opened for all human beings on this Holy Night;
— Accept the mystery in which every human being lives since Christ was born;
— Respect this mystery;
— Allow this mystery to act in every human being.
— Allow him to develop in the outward conditions of his earthly existence.
Humanity's power resides in this mystery. The power that permeates everything that is human. Do not make it hard for that power to exercise its influence. Do not destroy its influence. Everything that is human grows from this power; without this power it perishes; without this power it falls to ruin.
Merry Christmas, Day 10!
Merry 9th Day of Christmas!
This is the night of the Most Gentle One: let no one be cruel. This is the night of the Humble One: let no one be proud. Today the Bountiful impoverished Himself for our sake: so, rich one, invite the poor to your table. — Nativity Sermon, St. Isaac of Syria