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February 2012 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

The Flood, from the Atrium, detail of Noah receiving the white dove (mosaic) Veneto-Byzantine School (13th century) The story of Noah (Genesis 6–9) has always captured the imagination of believers; even the youngest children are captivated… read more
January 2012 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

Advent Starry Night 4Virginia Wieringa (1947- ) Advent Starry Night 4 by Virginia Wieringa (1947- ) is one of a series of paintings she created over five years as meditations on the night sky when Christ was born. Wieringa wondered what it… read more
December 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

Inspired by the art of the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, Matthias Stomer (c. 1600–p. 1650) drew upon Caravaggio’s masterful use of chiaroscuro, using a single light source to throw light on the figures against a dramatically dark… read more
November 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

Completed in 2002, The Communion of Saints is a cycle of 25 fresco-like tapestries designed by John Nava (b. 1947) for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. With figures averaging 10 feet tall, they depict 136 saints and blesseds, including … read more
October 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

In 1888, after filling many canvases with images of the summer harvest in Provence, Dutch post- Impressionist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) turned his attention to the vineyards of the region. Believed to be the only painting he sold during his lifetime… read more
September 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

Deposition from the Cross, detail of the Virgin Mary, Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro)(c. 1387-1445) LOCATION: Museo di San Marco dell'Angelico, Florence, Italy CREDIT: The Bridgeman Art Library International Fra Angelico (c. 1387-1455) combined the life… read more
August 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

The English artist and engraver William Brassey Hole (1846-1917) has given us a wonderful meditation on 1 Kings 19:9-13 (see pages 80-81). Elijah in the Desert of Horeb shows the humbled prophet standing at the edge of the abyss at the entrance of the cave where… read more
July 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

The son of a clergyman, Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) studied to be a pastor and was a preacher among poor peasant farmers for many years before he turned to art in the last ten years of his life. It was, perhaps, inevitable that he would be fascinated … read more
June 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

In his signature style, Camaldolese monk and artist Father Arthur Poulin uses minute brush strokes and tiny dots of color layered over a black background, creating a contemplative journey from darkness to light. He describes his minis- try of painting … read more
May 2011 Prayer and Reflection

by Living with Christ Staff

On this month’s cover we see the colorful image of the paschal lamb from a tile in the chapel at Carisbrooke Castle on the isle of Wight. standing with a banner reminiscent of the standards carried by military regiments durng the Classical era … read more

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