Historic Epidemics: Malaria in the Vatican 1623
A short-lived illness that left 38 people dead in Italy in 1623 can hardly be called an epidemic of the likes of COVID19 or…
A short-lived illness that left 38 people dead in Italy in 1623 can hardly be called an epidemic of the likes of COVID19 or…
Bradshaw Crandall, Beautiful Lady with Parrot, circa 1929, Public Domain In my last post, I told about how my youngest daughter contracted an obscure…
COVID19 isn't the first epidemic to hit our world, and it won't be the last. Since I'm a big believer in learning from history,…
We all know the phrase 'good samaritan'. In our day and age, it means someone who selflessly helps another with no expectation of reward.…
Photo from: carulmare, SANO di Pietro Woman of Samaria, 1400s As I like to say, women of today and women of biblical times have…
When we think of Biblical food, we often think of simple fare: the bread and fish fed to the 5,000, the locusts and wild…
The Good Samaritan In The Well, the conflict between Jews and Samaritans is part of the story of Mara, Shem and their journey to…
Last week, we saw how the conflicts between the Jews and Samaritans began. So how did the two warring peoples treat each other, living…
The next few days are the holiest of the liturgical year. Please join me in contemplating seven beautiful works by a few of my…
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire Him.” Isaiah 53:2b Jesus has been…