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Saint Catherine (detail), After Bernardino Luini, 1510 .

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Greve in Chianti, Florence

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A devotional image of the Sacred Heart of Mary by the Beuron Art School, a German movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries which promoted a revival of early Christian and Byzantine art.

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I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid.

Leviticus 26:6

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august light and birdsong

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Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) “Christ and St. Thomas” (1467–1483) Bronze Renaissance Located at the Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy

The sculpture depicts the episode that gave rise to the term “Doubting Thomas.” During which Thomas the Apostle had doubted the resurrection of Jesus and had to feel the wounds that had been inflicted during his crucifixion for himself, in order to be convinced that it was really Jesus who had risen from the dead (John 20:24-29).

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slow mornings ☕️

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Lo, how a rose e'er blooming, from tender stem hath sprung. Of Jesse’s lineage coming, as men of old have sung

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St. Peter Chrysologus cloquently sums up the eminence of man in creation: "Why then, man, are you so worthless in your own eyes and yet so precious to God? Why render yourself such dishonor when you are honored by him? Why do you ask how you were created and do not seek to know why you were made? Was not this entire visible universe made for your dwelling? It was for you that the light dispelled the overwhelming gloom; for your sake was the night regulated and the day measured;

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The Daily Life of a Grandma and Her Odd-Eyed Cat - Miyoko Ihara 

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Barcelona, Spain by Natalie

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𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗉 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗆𝗇 𝖺𝗂𝗋

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Journal or croissant?

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