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The Last Supper has long been one of the most recycled images of Christian iconography. As a widely recognizable motif of human solidarity and divine gift, it is a visual code for what everyone longs to hear:Come in. Sit down. You are welcome here. Homer Simpson and friends in the manner...
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity explains that there is one God divided into three parts: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus is considered the son and physical embodiment of God. The Gospel of Matthew claims that Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great, who upon ...
Time is a gift, and I am truly grateful for my years so far—the dreams as well as the realities.Je ne regrette rien.As for the road ahead (even if it’s all downhill), I wish not to be the man on the donkey, idly dozing along the pilgrim way. Like the figure gazing at the...
During the Parthian period, Mithraism spread beyond the borders of Iran and reached Europe. There are still remains of the Mehrabahs (Mithraeums) in Europe. These were temples of worshipping Mithra. Many similarities can be seen between modern Christian rituals and Mithraism. For example, they ...
The greatest gift that ev’n a God can give, He freely offer’d to the num’rous throng, That on his lips with list’ning pleasure hung. “Take him, ye wretched, for your only good, “Take him ye starving sinners, for your food; ...
Spirituality and poetry share a common task: “the increase of existence.” This is holy work, and much of it involves coming to terms with time. Whether we waste it, use it, lose it or save it, it is never ours to keep. It is a gift that comes and goes. Whatever is meant by ...
On the first day of the Christian Year, do we break out the champagne and shout “Happy New Year.” No we do not. What we say is, “The end is near!” We don’t get all Fundamentalist about it. We don’t walk around wearing signboard warnings. We don’t declare a fixed date ...
“a Light to enlighten the nations, and the glory of God’s people Israel.” In this revelatory moment, to which all his years have led, he makes his own personal Compline. Now his “day” is over. His story is complete. He does not cling to the moment, for it is gift, not ...