Pietà Michelangelo Buonarroti 1499 / Vatican Museums First Reading From the Book of the Proverbs When one finds a worthy wife, her value is ...

Christ in House of Martha and Mary Johannes Vermeer / 1654 From the Book of the prophet Isaiah Thus says the LORD: All you who are thirsty...

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter Caravaggio 1601 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From the...

Luca della Robbia: The Ascension / 1440 From the Acts of the Apostles After Jesus had been taken up to heaven the apostles returned to Jeru...

Eugene Burnand Peter and John Running to the Tomb 1898 Musee d'Orsay, Paris From the Gospel of St. John The first day of the week comet...

The Anointing of David by Samuel Breviary of Martin d'Aragon, 14th Century Biliothèque Nationale de France. Fourth Sunda...

FFW has made an occasional feature a regular feature, to wit: Sundays we highlight a work of art and attempt to relate the work to the litur...

F&FW is making an occasional feature a regular feature, to wit: Sundays we will highlight a work of art. We will attempt, as here, to re...

T his poor man called ; the Lord heard him and rescued him from all distress Come children hear me that I may teach you the fear of the Lord...

T antum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui Praestet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui. Genitori Gen...

This is a chapter from the first encyclical of John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man ), published in 1979. It summarizes a th...