Scripture tells of the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion, the day we call Easter. The image above portrays a Medieval Feast, such as might happen on an Easter long, long ago. The image below is of the Quem Quaeritis manuscript showing the lines sung during …
No one knows the exact date of Gaius Valerius Catullus’s birth, but as the weather is glum today and as the pandemic grows longer and deadlier, and as we need a break, I’ve decided to celebrate Catullu’s birthday right now. Catullus, a Roman who lived around two thousand and seventy …
We’re all doing a lot of hand washing these days. I was taught to wash my hands a long time ago, but back than it wasn’t a matter of life and death. My mother told me over and over again Wash your hands! Actually, she said it in Italian, Lava …
