Feast Day Archives - Illustrated Prayer

Tobias and the Angel, by Filippino Lippi

Faith, Fish Guts, and Following our Angels

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 Karina Tabone 1 Comment Angels, Archangel, Feast Day, Old Testament

Happy Feast Day! Today, we honor our guardian angels. Now, I don’t know about you but this year has been

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Holy Family with Sts Anne and Joachim, by Elisabetta Sirani, c. 1662.

Jesus’s Grandparents

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Church Legend, Feast Day, Jesus Christ, Joseph, Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Joachim, Saints

Happy feast day! Yes! Today is the feast day of not just one, but two saints! Saint Anne and Saint

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The Angelus, by Jean-François Millet, c. 1857-59. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

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Lady Day

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Annunciation, Feast Day, Mary

Happy Lady Day! Today is the feast day of the Annunciation — and a huge feast day it is! It

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The Marriage of the Virgin, by Michelino da Besozzo, c. 1430. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Story Behind the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Church Tradition, Feast Day, Protoevangelium of James, St. Joseph, Virgin Mary

Today is the traditional feast day of the Betrothal of our favorite married couple, the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph!

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Immaculate Conception, by Manuel Oquendo, c. 1800. Iglesia de Santo Domingo, Sucre, Bolivia. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Immaculate Conception

December 8, 2018December 26, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 19th Century Art, Bible, Feast Day, Mary

Happy feast day! Today is the feast day of the Immaculate Conception — and a holy day of obligation as

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The Coronation of the Virgin, by Johann Rottenhammer, c. 1596-1606. National Gallery, London, United Kingdom. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

A Party of Saints!

November 1, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 16th Century Art, Coronation, Feast Day, Glorious Mysteries, Heaven, Holy Trinity, Jesus Christ, Mary, Saints

Happy All Saints Day! It’s a day that we celebrate the saints — both the ones that we know and

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Angel of the Resurrection, by Frederick Wilson, c. 1901-05. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Happy Michaelmas!

September 29, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 20th Century Art, Angels, Feast Day, St. Michael, Stained glass

Happy feast day! Today is the Michaelmas, or the feast day of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St.

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Birth of the Virgin, by Francesco Solimena, c. 1690. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Birth of the Virgin

September 8, 2018 Karina Tabone 1 Comment 17th Century Art, Feast Day, Mary, Parenting with Christ, Tradition

And… it’s time to celebrate a birthday! And by birthday, I mean Mother Mary’s birthday! Hooray! Last year, I showed

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The Coronation of the Virgin, c. 18th century. Palacio Arzobispal, Cusco, Peru. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

Crowning the Queen

August 22, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments 18th Century Art, Coronation of Mary, Feast Day, Heaven, Holy Trinity, Mary

Happy feast day! Today is the feast day of the Queenship of Mary. And so, in honor of this day,

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Assumption of the Virgin, by Corrado Giaquinto, c. 1740s. Private collection. Via IllustratedPrayer.com

The Tomb Full of Flowers

August 15, 2018 Karina Tabone 0 Comments Assumption, Disciples, Feast Day, Mary

Happy feast day! Today, we celebrate the feast of the Assumption of Mary, which is also a holy day of

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