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The Annunciation of the Mother of God: a comple...
Nazareth. An ordinary house. A young woman alone in the silence. And then an angel enters — without knocking, without warning — and speaks a greeting no one has ever...
The Annunciation of the Mother of God: a comple...
Nazareth. An ordinary house. A young woman alone in the silence. And then an angel enters — without knocking, without warning — and speaks a greeting no one has ever...
The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem: a complet...
Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives. A man rides down toward the holy city on a donkey, amid a crowd that shouts, that throws cloaks onto the road, that waves palm...
The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem: a complet...
Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives. A man rides down toward the holy city on a donkey, amid a crowd that shouts, that throws cloaks onto the road, that waves palm...
The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple: a comple...
There is an old man in the Gospel of Luke about whom almost nothing is known — not his exact age, not his family, not his occupation — but about...
The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple: a comple...
There is an old man in the Gospel of Luke about whom almost nothing is known — not his exact age, not his family, not his occupation — but about...
The Theophany — The Baptism of the Lord: a comp...
Water. Everything begins and returns to water in this feast. The water of the Jordan, cold in this month of January, into which a thirty-year-old man descends and immerses himself...
The Theophany — The Baptism of the Lord: a comp...
Water. Everything begins and returns to water in this feast. The water of the Jordan, cold in this month of January, into which a thirty-year-old man descends and immerses himself...
The Nativity of Christ: a complete guide to Ort...
There are two Christmases. One begins in October, floods the shop windows, swells from the loudspeakers of shopping malls, gets consumed in a few days and leaves a faint hollow...
The Nativity of Christ: a complete guide to Ort...
There are two Christmases. One begins in October, floods the shop windows, swells from the loudspeakers of shopping malls, gets consumed in a few days and leaves a faint hollow...
The Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple:...
Picture the scene. Jerusalem, two thousand years ago. A three-year-old girl climbs alone, with a firm and steady step, the fifteen stairs that lead to the forecourt of the Temple....
The Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple:...
Picture the scene. Jerusalem, two thousand years ago. A three-year-old girl climbs alone, with a firm and steady step, the fifteen stairs that lead to the forecourt of the Temple....