Category: Holy Face of Jesus

The Human Face of Divine Mercy

Look closely at this painting (1488) by Bartolomeo di Giovanni; it was commissioned for the Hospital of the Innocents in Florence. The six-sided altar at...

Vultum tuum, Domine, requiro

For the feast of Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, here is a selection from Chapter One of the Proslogion of Saint Anselm...

Ipsius vultum mundo valeat ostendere

Showing Forth His Face In the Ordinary Form, the Collect for today’s memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo contains an extraordinary phrase. We beseech (quaesumus) the...

Come to me, who adore Thee

Saint Jude at the Mystical Supper The Gospel tells us that Simon was one of the twelve disciples whom Jesus called to Himself and named...