A Prayer for the Conclave
Lord Jesus,you founded your Holy Church uponyour friend and servant, Peter. For millennia, your Spirit has guidedthe Church in selecting successorsto be the head of your Body on earth,leading it…
"The Miraculous Catch of Fish" (detail), Song Vinh Church,
Vung Tau, Vietnam. Image courtesy of Shutterstock. Used with permission.
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This month, on the Third Sunday of Easter, we hear the account from John’s Gospel of the second miraculous catch of fish, which takes place after the resurrection. In selecting…
"Resurrection" by Khrystyna
Kvyk © Khrystyna Kvyk. iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/khrystyna-kvyk/.
Used with permission.
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As we move through the final days of Lent, the Triduum, and into holy Easter, Khrystyna Kvyk’s Resurrection icon (iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/khrystyna-kvyk) provides much for us to ponder this month—confusion, mourning, mystery,…
Front cover: "Lent" by Fr. Emanuel Franco,
O.Carm., a friar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Priory, Tucson, Arizona.
© Emanuel Franco, O.Carm. manuocarm.org. Used with permission. Back cover: The Prodigal Son by Edward Riojas. © Edward Riojas.
edriojasartist.com. Used with permission.
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We are grateful to Fr. Emanuel Franco, O.Carm., for his spare and elegant illustration of the cross and palms, which quietly aids us in ushering in the season of Lent…
"Presentation" by T’oros the Deacon, Armenian Gospel Book, 1311. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, Giorgi Family Foundation Gift, 2020. Image courtesy of metmuseum.org. Public domain.
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Let us welcome Christ into the temple of our hearts. By God’s mercy, may he always be the Light that illumines every darkness we may confront. The feast of the…
"Bayou Baptism" by Lauren Wright Pittman. © 2016 Lauren Wright Pittman. lewpstudio.com. Used with permission.
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After completing her undergraduate studies, artist Lauren Wright Pittman worked as an advocate for wetlands in the bayous of South Louisiana. Her website (lewpstudio.com) notes that she created Bayou Baptism…
"Annunciation" by Natalya Rusetska. © 2024 Natalya Rusetska.
iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/natalya-rusetska. Used with permission.
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The image that adorns our cover this month is a detail from Natalya Rusetka’s Annunciation icon (iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/natalya-rusetska). The full icon was made on a round wooden board and is relatively…
"The Divine Journey—Companions of Love and Hope" by Janet
McKenzie. © 2017 Janet McKenzie. Collection of Memorial Church,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. janetmckenzie.com.
Used with permission.
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The Divine Journey—Companions of Love and Hope by Janet McKenzie (janetmckenzie.com) brings to mind the communion of saints, the great cloud of witnesses we celebrate this month. The Blessed Mother…
The Transfiguration (St. Luke’s) by Kelly Latimore. © Kelly Latimore. Commissioned by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Salisbury, North Carolina. kellylatimoreicons.com. Used with permission.
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Jesus’ transfiguration was a moment of encounter between human beings and the divine; brief, but utterly extraordinary.
Theotokos in Paradise by Lyuba Yatskiv. © 2015 Lyuba Yatskiv. www.iconart-gallery.com/en/artists/lyuba-yatskiv. Used with permission.
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The entire scene is cradled in the hands of God the Creator, who holds all things together in tender and loving care.
