tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post4411210154718192555..comments2024-03-27T14:45:28.176-05:00Comments on Adventus: Pueblo Sin Fronteras is what we should be able to call ChristiansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-73999643670689611712018-04-02T20:58:41.011-05:002018-04-02T20:58:41.011-05:00It's not a small thing;certainly not in a Cara...It's not a small thing;certainly not in a Caravaggio.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-43524555950786305772018-04-02T20:14:22.471-05:002018-04-02T20:14:22.471-05:00If Caravaggio wasn't one of my favorites, and ...If Caravaggio wasn't one of my favorites, and if the dramatic contrast between light and shade (I believe it's called chiaroscuro) in his paintings wasn't so striking, I'd have let it go. As it was...June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-86372225719471060532018-04-02T19:57:16.950-05:002018-04-02T19:57:16.950-05:00Thanks for the correction. I've been dragging ...Thanks for the correction. I've been dragging around a bad copy....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-66321011629383984982018-04-02T19:47:33.158-05:002018-04-02T19:47:33.158-05:00Sorry, I have to do this. The colors on your Carav...Sorry, I have to do this. The colors on your Caravaggio are all wrong. I've seen the painting at the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the colors are more <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T8v49iat0b0/SetlJj2CUFI/AAAAAAAACLM/2H3ZEiaXGEM/s1600-h/Caravaggio.emmaus.750pix.jpg" rel="nofollow">like this</a>.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-52021409264576687912018-04-02T19:32:12.398-05:002018-04-02T19:32:12.398-05:00During the Lenten and Easter season, I've had ...During the Lenten and Easter season, I've had nothing to do with the church and little to do with prayer. God has been missing, or so it seems to me. When I began to read the words you quoted from Matthew, I felt a quickening, something coming to life. <br /><br />It all started with the Emmaus story in your previous post and the mention of Caravaggio's painting of the disciples at table with Jesus, one of my favorites.<br /><br />Thanks, Robert.<br /><br />"Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is<br />past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and<br />awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in<br />Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake<br />of your love." Amen. (Book of Common Prayer)June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com