by Rich Timmons | Aug 15, 2022 | Crucifixion
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth. He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who...
by Rich Timmons | Jul 29, 2022 | Crucifixion
But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the...
by Rich Timmons | Jul 25, 2022 | Angelic Visitations
The moment when Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear a child named Jesus of the Holy Spirit has been depicted countless times in art history, especially in Medieval and Renaissance art. In those paintings, Mary is almost symbolically depicted as a queenly,...