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Grandpa's love of life insures that he is still present, after his death, in the lives of all who loved him.
"An allegory about The Holy Trinity, the role of Mary of Nazareth in Their divine designs, and the meaning of the acceptance of Jesus Christ as the centre of one's life. The richest man with the best art collection in the world shares his consuming interest with his superlatively good son, who is ably assisted in his benefiscence by their Kindly female estate keeper, who is more than mother to him. The son is called to war, and dies saving his comrades, mirroring the redemptive action of Christ's sacrifice for humanity. The father grieves his son, but is heartened when the estate keeper wheels in the chair of a wounded soldier from the foreign war. The young man presents the father with a po...
On the day of a royal wedding in a kingdom where everyone has grown careless in the practice of their Catholic faith, a poor widow helps reveal the true value of the Mass.
Recounts the story of Juan Diego, who hears the voice of the Virgin Mary asking him to petition the bishop for a shrine to be built in her honor, but to which the bishop will not agree unless Juan can bring him a sign.
Josephine tries to tell her new American class about her life in Naples, Italy, but her teacher misunderstands what she is saying and thinks she grew up on a farm.
When Maria finds the lost key to the city playground, soon children and adults alike are wrapped up in the hand-clapping, rope-jumping, high-swinging celebration.
For ages 9-12. Presents creative writing exercises that focus on the use of adjectives and nouns. Features scratch and sniff pages, electronic sounds, comic book spreads, and Greek chorus characters.
This original fablethe eagerly awaited companion volume to the award-winning childrens book The Weight of a Massis now available! Reduced to desolation by a king and prince who feel theyhave beenwronged, theresidents of a once-favored village must seek help from the queen, a native of their devastated town. Sure to capture the hearts of children and adults alike.
A fascinating tale which breathes into the heart of the child, a deep understanding of Holy Communion and an intimate affection for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
In this fascinating look at the creative power of institutions, Jonah Siegel explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the nineteenth century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Treating these developments as interrelated, he analyzes both visual material and literary texts to portray a culture in which art came to be thought of in powerful new ways. Ultimately, Siegel shows that artistic controversies commonly associated with the self-consciously radical movements of modernism and postmodernism have their roots in a dynamic era unfairly characterized as staid, self-satisfied, and stable. The nineteenth century has been called th...