Therefore, he became the leader of the historical painting genre in Poland which fostered the memory of the lost state and kept the patriotic spirit high. His artworks always told a story and had symbolic meaning behind them. Jan Matejko, Stańczyk, 1862, Warsaw National Museum, Warsaw, ...
Leave it to the Wooster Group, then, to exploit this point and bring the piece a wealth of new meaning, sympathy, and power, Employing techniques they’ve used in past productions, this version is one of the most amazing interpretations of how and why we remember, beyond the playtext. Th...
But as well-meaning as the Pharisees were, they did not have any biblical claim to authority. No prophets had ever promised that self-appointed scholars of the law would arise to save Israel in the last days. All these false leaders, intent too often on enriching themselves at the expense...
Before my ride back home, I stopped for some Filipino Meat on a Stick. In the Philippines, us sailors would call this affectionally and jokingly as Dog on a Stick, as we bought them from street vendors. My ride back home was uneventful in the meaning that there were no more mishaps on...
The top property on window is marked [Unforgeable] in the spec, meaning it is a non-configurable own property and thus cannot be overridden or shadowed by normal code running inside the jsdom window, even using Object.defineProperty. However, if you're acting from outside the window, e....
“But I say to you,” which mark a solemn pronouncement by Jesus bringing forth the deeper meaning of the law and how it is to be lived out in the kingdom. In Greek, the “I” in these statements is emphatic. Jesus presents his teaching with the same authority as that by which God...
I wanted to let others know about this book I read last year by Theologian Michael Patrick Barber titled “The True Meaning of Christmas: The Birth of Jesus and the Origins of the Season.” What does the Bible really say about the birth of Jesus? How did the celebration of Christmas bec...
“Christ is alive and desires that each of you live. He is the true beauty and youth of this world. Everything he touches becomes young, becomes new, full of life and meaning.”@Pontifex 21 June 2021 “Even at the darkest moments, as in these months of pandemic, the Lord continues to...
“Encountering Jesus can give a decisive direction to our life, filling it with meaning.”@Pontifex 28 September 2017 “Today is the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Let us call on them so that we are always reminded of God’s presence.”@Pontifex 29 September 2017 ...
Is it given fervent expression liturgically, sacramentally, through prayer, acts of charity, a concern for justice, and respect for God’s creation? Only in this way do we really bear witness to the meaning of who we are andwhat we uphold. ...