Today is the Solemnity of The Ascension of Jesus.
"...why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, as you have seen him going into heaven." Acts 1:11
The artwork is John Singleton Copley, The Ascension 1775, oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Today is the National Day of Prayer.
Let us pray for our country and its leaders. I pray we may become an example for religious freedom around the world.
The photograph is Joe Rosenthal, American Marines Raising American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima Gelatin silver print, 1945, Wide World/Associated Press
May is also devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read about the origins of this devotion at Catholic Culture.
The artwork is Boticelli Madonna of the Magnificat, c.1485; Tempera on Panel, in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence
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May 1, 2008 - Just Stopped By!
In your prayers today, keep my 20 yr dd in your prayers-she is on the U.S. Kittyhawk right now in the Navy.
Blessings to you and yours!
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