SAINTS & ART: From his mystical poetry to his unique sketch of Christ Crucified, St. John of the Cross reveals the beauty of suffering in union with God. Left: Antoine Ranc, “St. John of the ...

The letters, visible from some 20,000 feet in the air, were painted with traffic paint. Each of the 388 letters stands 3 feet ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Our suffering is tailor-made for our capacities, and by it we grow in holiness when we join it to the suffering and cross of Christ. Barna da Siena, “Christ Bearing the Cross ...

Sarah Sze’s art, now on display at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, prompts me to reflect on how God’s loving presence hums in the background of our lives.

For hundreds of years Christians have walked the Stations of the Cross, a sequence of 14 works of art or prayer spaces in which the steps of Jesus’ journey from judgment to the tomb are remembered.

O Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. While lying in a hospital bed, asking God for mercy, I remembered my childhood among the monasteries — those moments ...

A God who allows suffering is a mystery, but so is a God who suffered. “Stations of the Cross: Jesus and Simon of Cyrene,” by Giandomenico Tiepolo, (1745-1749).Credit...Scala/Art Resource, NY ...

God, Art and Death in the Same (Very Long) Sentence Share full article By Randy Boyagoda Published Feb. 22, 2022 Updated March 7, 2022 ...