You know the 1st commandment. You know the 2nd also. Sc. 78, Matthew 22:37–39, Mark 12:30–31, Luke 10:27, Deuteronomy 6:5. Leviticus 19:18

The Jews knew the 2 Great Commandments. They didn’t yet know Jesus' New Commandment Scene 82, John 13:34, which made their yoke easy & their burden light.

He will divide each nation, putting the sheep on his right side and the goats on his left. Sc. 78, Matthew 25:32

There will be no self-identification when Adam’s son comes in glory.

He knows what you need before you ask him. Sc. 31, Matthew 6:8

Sometimes our prayer is already answered.

Astilbe and Spiral

Wealth

Blind mouths, you vomit the ant and swallow the camel. Sc. 78, Matthew 23:24

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Today’s Gospel

Yet not one falls to the ground without your Father’s knowing it. Sc. 43, Today’s Gospel

Political flags should not appear on government buildings.

Eternity matters.

A Catholic Atheist

Google Maps: “Austin” by Ellsworth Kelly

Jason John Paul Haskins in Texas Architect:

Abstract Arch: The Duck Test

Tradition[alism] Resurgent (Presbyterian ad orientem?)

My sense is that the apse and altar here [at St. John the Evangelist in Schenectady NY] results in a posture more appropriate to the Tridentine liturgy. —Jason John Paul Haskins, Schenectady’s Grotesque Grotesques

The rain stopped after the event. Center Square Association photos from 2022

“Only God can forgive sins.” Sc. 29, Mark 2:7

Seeing tweets about Marko Rupnik caused me to buy Caravaggio – A Life Sacred and Profane by @Andrew Graham-Dixon

In the Book Extract it should be “the detective” instead of “die detective”. There are several other typos in the extract.

Book: Caravaggio by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Unfortunately, a rainy day for Center Square’s Stoop Stroll.