Bible – Baiting the Bear

Decruz, Beatrice. Stained Glass at the Church Gallery Depicting St. Francis with the Stigmata of Jesus. 2022. Stained glass. Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Singapore. Photograph by VITA images. Published in Catholic News SG, October 30, 2022.

Book of John

Post author:Laura Reagan
Post published:March 25, 0400
Post category:Library - Ancients

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. c. 359 CE. Marble, 142.2 x 243.8 cm. Museo Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro (Treasury of Saint Peter's Basilica), Vatican City.

Book of Luke

Post author:Laura Reagan
Post published:March 31, 0090
Post category:Library - Ancients

Here in the Gospel of Luke we get the visual of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, the low being made high. Or the high being made low.

Strozzi, Bernardo. The Parable of the Wedding Banquet (fragment). c. 1636. Oil on canvas, 183 x 126.5 cm. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy.

Book of Matthew

Post author:Laura Reagan
Post published:March 31, 0080
Post category:Library - Ancients

28 When Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were surprised at his teaching. 29 He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses.Why would a course…

Raphael. The Transfiguration. 1516–1520. Oil on wood, 410 x 279 cm. Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican Museums, Vatican City.

Book of Mark

Post author:Laura Reagan
Post published:March 31, 0070
Post category:Library - Ancients

2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely…