Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection of Christ
April 11th 2020
In his essay “The Best Picture” of 1925 (which you can easily find online) , Aldous Huxley wrote this of Piero’s “Resurrection of Christ”: “It stands there before us in entire and actual splendour, the greatest picture in the world.”
Fr Dermot Preaches on Holy Thursday
April 9th 2020
There is a weir on the river near where I grew up. There was a stone on which you could sit under the shade of a tree and cool your feet in the river water in on a hot day.
Fr Fergus Preaches on Palm Sunday 2020
April 6th 2020
Who is this?’ people asked, as Jesus, riding on an ass, with a crowd of supporters, arrived in Jerusalem, creating something of a stir (Matthew 21: 10), on the first day of what we know as Holy Week. It’s the
THE LEGEND OF THE THE TRUE CROSS PART III
April 4th 2020
“The Exaltation of the True Cross” and and “The Discovery and Proof the True Cross”. These two frescos can be seen below.
THE LEGEND OF THE TRUE CROSS IN AREZZO PART II
March 28th 2020
“The Queen of Sheba in Adoration of the Wood of the Cross and the Meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba” from “The Legend of the True Cross”, Piero della Francesca, Church of San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy. This
THE LEGEND OF THE TRUE CROSS IN AREZZO PART I
March 21st 2020
“The Death of Adam” from “The Legend of the True Cross”, Piero della Francesca, Church of San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy. Baccio di Magio, a wealthy merchant from Arezzo died in 1417 and left money for the decoration of the chapel
CARAVAGGIO’S NARCISSUS
March 14th 2020
“Narcissus”, Caravaggio, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini. Although lit from above by the same numinous light found in other works of Caravaggio, here the fair Narcissus looks away from it and gazes downwards at his reflection in the
A Reflection on the Goosecroft Friar
March 7th 2020
Lyn Cronin offers a Reflection on the day. A Service. A Burial. A Reception. An Extraordinary Day We were driving to Stirling for an unusual funeral. We were to attend a Requiem Mass and re-burial of the remains of an unknown friar, discovered on
THE GOOSECROFT FRIAR
March 4th 2020
On 29th February 5 Dominican friars gathered in Stirling for the reburial of a friar whose remains were discovered a few years ago in Stirling. Stirling Council named him the Goosecroft Friar after the area on the edge of the
STANLEY SPENCER’S CHRIST IN THE WILDERNESS – THE HEN
February 28th 2020
“Christ in the Wilderness -The Hen”, Stanley Spencer c. 1954, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Stanley Spencer spent the winter of 1938/39 living alone in a room in 188 Adelaide Road near Swiss Cottage in London. There he began
