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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Murillo , The Crucifixion , circa 1675. Click to enlarge. Fernando Ortega gives a deeply moving p...

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; Therefore let us keep the feast. Agnus Dei by Zurbaran , circa 1635. Agnus Dei by Samuel Barbe...

Hippolyte Flandrin , The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, 1844. Click to enlarge, The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday of the Passion...

"Dance with Me" by Vintage Photomontage - a lovely thing: -----

Joyful spring returns with its unending message of new life: And yet, in the midst of life we are in death.  The Guardian reports : Pope Le...

"Beefcake Sampler #7" by Clint Collide: -----

Three commentaries on the latest Oval Office tantrum by observers who need no introduction here: Adam Kinzinger : Paul Krugman : T...

This was our Sunday dinner, held on Monday night because . . . we're old and retired and we don't have to follow a schedule.  Main d...

"Gay Interest Photos #1" by Clint Collide: -----

In recent months, M.P. and I have become fans of handsome Max's fascinating food history videos.  He does a superb job of researching an...

A powerful excerpt (3:20) from former President Obama's remarks at the funeral of the Reverend Jesse Jackson in Chicago on Friday after...