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Dietrich von Hildebrand on Beauty
Adolf von Hildebrand, Hunt of the Amazons, 1887/88, Neue Pinakothek, Munich. The writings of Catholic philosopher and refugee from Nazi Germany Dietrich von Hildebrand have long been a touchstone for sacred artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs. Last spring she and her...
The Hidden Martyrs
“They have poured out the blood of the saints as water, round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.” —From the Tract for the Feast of the Holy Innocents (Psalm 78,3) “The blood of the saints is the seed of the Church.” —Tertullian, Apologeticus 50 On the...
The Lily and the Carpenter
“I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.”Osee 14:6 In his principal Mass, St. Joseph is compared to three plants: the palm, the cedar of Lebanon, and the lily. The Introit begins, “Justus ut palma...
Darkness & Blood: A New Pietà
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come.—Joel 2:31 The Prophecy of Joel After the descent of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost Sunday, when St. Peter preaches the Gospel for the first time, he...