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Our Lady and the Octave of Christmas

By Father Marco TestaPosted on December 29, 2021Posted in Featured Highlights, SaintsTagged The Holy Family, Mother of God, Blessed Virgin Mary, Litany of Loreto, Christmas octave, St. Stephen martyr, St. Thomas Beckett, salvation history1 Comment

Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever. Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave. This means that for eight days the Sacred Liturgy celebrates the Mystery of Christmas. The last day of the Octave is kept as the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of[…]

Zachariah

By Justin JensenPosted on March 10, 2014Posted in FeaturedTagged Peter Kreeft, C, Bl. Pope John-Paul II, S, January 2014, Blessed Virgin Mary, Justin Jensen, Cardinal Ratzinger, Zachariah, John Henry Newman, beauty, John the Baptist, Etienne Gilson, art, Catholic artists, St. Thomas, painting, The Artist as John the Baptist, Mark Shea, Lewis, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, William Congdon, Catholic Insight, Colorado State University, New Evangelization, atelier

Our January artist, Justin Jensen, studied illustration at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. After graduation, he traveled through Europe and decided there was an amazing potential for beauty in art. He decided to continue studying painting at Colorado State University. He currently teaches online at RMCAD and is collaborating with a friend on[…]