RELIGION AND ART

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake St. Agatha  of joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. Heb. 12:1-4 Readings Images of Saint Agatha

"Before I formed you in the womb knew you, and were born consecrated you; appointed a prophet to nations." But gird up your loins; stand tell them everything that I command you....  Jer, 1:4-5, 17-19 Readings

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple.  The messenger of the covenant in whom THE PRESENTATION you delight indeed, he  is coming says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver until they present offerings to the Lord as in the days of old and as in the former years.  Mal 3:1-4 Readings  

I have never held anything that the poor desire,  or have caused the desire of the widow fail, or eaten my morsel alone,  and the orphan has not eaten from it... Job 31:16-20 Readings