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St. Martin and the Beggar, c. 1490. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

To Give for Christ

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 15th Century Art, Church History, Church Legend, Gospel, Saints

My kids all seem to be circling through a cold this week. They all seem to be doing a little

St. Thomas Aquinas Confounding Averroës, by Giovanni di Paolo, c. 1445-50. St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Master Debater!

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Church History, Personal, Philosophy, Saints, St. Thomas Aquinas

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Saint Thomas Aquinas? …yes? Well, let me talk about him more! St.

St. Nicholas of Myra Saves Three Innocents from Death, by Ilya Efimovich Repin, c. 1888. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

A Saint for Protection Against Internet Mobs

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 Karina Tabone 1 Comment Church History, Current Events, Saint Nicholas, Saints

Can we talk about something I dislike? I really dislike internet mobs. In fact, I really, really, really, really, dislike

Coat of Arms of Johannes Göckerlein: The Transfiguration of Christ, by Jacob Apt, c. 1515. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Hidden Rosary Beads and the Transfiguration

December 1, 2018 Karina Tabone 3 Comments 16th Century Art, Church History, Jesus Christ, Luminous Mysteries, Rosary, Transfiguration

The Luminous Mysteries is a very new set of mysteries! And by very new, I mean that it was added

Massacre of the Innocents, by James Tissot, c. 1886-94. Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

A Couple Dozen Dead Children

October 30, 2018 Karina Tabone 1 Comment 19th Century Art, Church History, Current Events, Gospel, Macabre, Prolife, Tissot

Consider this: a comfortable French fashion artist living in Paris has a profound religious experience. Because of it, he drops

St. Francis in Ecstasy, by Giovanni Bellini, c. 1480. Frick Collection, New York, New York, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Aiming for Sainthood

September 6, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Church, Church History, Heaven, Saints

One of the best things about the Catholic Church, in my humble opinion, is the fact that we don’t look

Christ Cleansing the Temple, by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), c. 16th century. National Gallery of Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Cleansing of the Temple

August 31, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 16th Century Art, Church, Church History, Gospel, Jesus, Reformation

As you probably have noticed! I am a bit dismayed by this whole new scandal that the Catholic Church is

Joan of Arc in Battle (Central Part of ''The Life of Joan of Arc'' Triptych), by Hermann Anton Stilke, c. 1843. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Life of St. Joan of Arc

May 31, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 19th Century Art, Church History, History, Joan of Arc, Saints

Happy feast day of St. Joan of Arc! She is one of the most popular saints, and for good reason!

The Resurrection and St. George’s Cross

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Karina Tabone 1 Comment 13th Century Art, 15th Century Art, 19th Century Art, Christ, Church History, History, Legend, Resurrection, Saints

One question that I got after I wrote my blog about the standard and its military history was… but why

Divine Mercy, by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski, c. 1934. Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Vilnius, Lithuania. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Divine Mercy

April 9, 2018April 27, 2019 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Church History, Feast Day, Jesus, Mercy, Saints

Happy (belated!) Divine Mercy Sunday! Divine Mercy Sunday is a special day which focuses on the extraordinary mercy of Jesus.

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