Thursday, July 13, 2006

MARY LIVES - THE CHURCH LIVES

A favourite icon of Our Lady of Kazan, Russian, early 19th cent. I think she is beautiful! She has endured the Russian Revolution and the long years of Communism. She has lost her silver risa that would have covered the white gessoed area.

Her very existance is a sign that beyond everything faith endures.

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The Lord’s descent into the underworld

At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this 'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is abou...