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The Crucifixion, by Fra Angelico, c. 1420-23. Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Painting the Crucifixion with Tears

October 5, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 15th Century Art, Christ, Cross, Crucifixion, Passion, Sorrowful Mysteries

Fra Angelico, one of my favorite religious artists, was not actually born with the name of Angelico. This, I kind

"What is truth?" crop, by Nikolay Nikolayevich, c. 1890. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

“What is Truth?”

September 26, 2018 Karina Tabone 1 Comment 19th Century Art, Bible, Christ, Passion, Pontius Pilate, Truth

“What is truth?” It’s such a striking question. What is truth? In a world full of postmodern relativism, in which

Finding Faith in God

August 6, 2018August 2, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Bible, Christ, Disciples, Miracles, Transfiguration

Happy Feast of the Transfiguration! Perhaps the best and of most well-known of artwork of the Transfiguration where Christ is

Saint John the Baptist Pointing to Christ in a Landscape, by Carlo Maratti, c. 1656. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Christ From a Distance

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 17th Century Art, Christ, St. John the Baptist

One of the biggest reasons that I am drawn to these pictures of St. John the Baptist is because many

The Last Judgment, by Fra Angelico, c. 1450. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Glory of the Judge

July 12, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 15th Century Art, Book Stuff, Christ, Glorious Mysteries, Heaven, Last Judgment

When I was first trying to figure out which cover art I should use for the cover of my new

Carry Your Cross!

June 22, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 17th Century Art, Allegory, Christ, Christian, Cross, Music, Passion, Soul

“Take up your cross and follow Me.” It’s such a strange command that honestly it takes me back whenever I

Christ Carrying the Cross, by Giovan Pietro Rizzoli detto il Giampietrino, c. 1530s. Museo Diocesano Milano, Milan, Italy. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

A Tear in the Art

June 15, 2018June 6, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 16th Century Art, Carrying the Cross, Christ, Cross, Passion, Sorrowful Mysteries

I was looking at the artwork that I had featured on this website and… can you believe that I haven’t

The Holy Trinity, by Corrado Giaquinto, c. 1754. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Love and the Sacred Heart

June 8, 2018June 6, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 18th Century Art, Christ, Feast Day, Holy Trinity, Sacred Heart

This Friday, we celebrate the feast day of Sacred Heart of Jesus! This sort of devotion might seem morbid for

Allegory of the Eucharist, c. 1676-1725. Museo Cerralbo, Madrid, Spain. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Happy Corpus Christi!

June 4, 2018July 31, 2018 Karina Tabone 1 Comment Bible, Christ, Eucharist, Feast Day, Jesus, Mass, New Testament, Old Testament, Real Presence

Happy Corpus Christi! Today, we celebrate the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Which is a hard teaching

The Holy Trinity, by El Greco, c. 1577-79. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Holy Trinity

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 16th Century Art, Christ, God, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Love

While browsing through tweets about the feast day of the Most Holy Trinity today, I came across this one: We

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