I am at a daughter’s house surrounded by multiple daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren. It is noisy, wild, uncontrolled, and multi-colored. Yes, multi-colored. I am a typical brown Latino, and I ended up marrying a blue-eyed taller-than-I-am white woman. As a result, our children come in a variety of colors. They, in their turn married with […]
Archives for December 2018
About St. Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus
Every year at this time, we hear commentaries on St. Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus. Many of them are sheer speculation. We do not actually know much of anything about Jesus’s stepfather. He shows up when the Virgin Mary is betrothed. He thinks she has committed some type of sin and therefore decides to quietly […]
Good King Wenceslaus
St. Wenceslaus icon by Theophilia on DeviantArt Good King Wenceslas Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen When the snow lay round about Deep and crisp and even Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel When a poor man came in sight Gathering winter fuel Hither, page, and […]
Anime Mother and Child
I am an anime fan. I also like the child-like art used in many of the manga magazines. Thus, it was particularly enjoyable for me to find the manga-like icon of Mother Mary and Our Lord Jesus. The angels at the side look like traditional manga characters. The expressions are classical anime expressions. While I […]
