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…July 1944: A French woman prays for lost loved ones in a church following the Battle of Cherbourg, Lower Normandy, France. The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the larger Battle of Normandy and was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings.

Photo by David E. Scherman. (1916 - 1997)

(Source: Crash Course wordpress )

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Focus on the Rood by Lawrence OP on Flickr.

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Clandestine Mass during the 1920’s, Cristero War, Mexico.

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Parental Blessings

Parents should bless their children, at the least on the Lord’s Day. The traditional way of doing this is for the children to kneel and for the parent to either place his hands on the child’s head and/or trace a Cross on the child’s forehead while saying:

May Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bless you, my child(ren), for time and eternity, and may this blessing remain forever with you. Amen

St. Ambrose wrote of this practice:

“You may not be rich; you may be unable to bequeath any great possessions to your children; but one thing you can give them; the heritage of your blessing. And it is better to be blessed than to be rich.”

Lorenzo Garza receiving his mother’s blessings before a bullfight, circa 1930

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Francesco Vanni, Saint Catherine Drinks the Blood of Christ, c. 1594

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Francesco Vanni, Saint Catherine Drinks the Blood of Christ, c. 1594

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I can't stop ♡

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Gotta impress the pretty lady

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May 24 1915 American media covers Italy’s entry into WWI. Italy had declared war.  Italy declared war against Austria-Hungary on May 23 1915

This was followed by declarations of war on the Ottoman Empire (21 August 1915, following an ultimatum of 3 August), Bulgaria (19 October 1915) and the German Empire (28 August 1916)

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May 23 1915 #OTD Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and enters #WWI. Newspaper Omaha Daily Bee May 23 1915 publishes this picture of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy with a caption that he is also a soldier, here he leads his regiment

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From Queen Marie Carolina’s private rooms at Caserta Palace - a superb birdcage clock. The mechanical birds sing to mark the passage of time.

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Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, c. 1380, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art

The subject of the nursing madonna was popular for both sculpture and painting during the fourteenth century. Made in the vicinity of Paris (called the Ile-de-France) for the interior of a church, this sculpture emphasizes the nurturing role of the Virgin and her special place as an intermediary between God and man. Statues of the Virgin and Child were placed not only on or near altars but also against piers (large supporting pillars inside the church) and within niches (special alcoves made for statues). In the elegance of its stance and proportion as well as the delicacy of its drapery and modeling, this sculpture is an eloquent representative of an île-de-France type and style. Size: Overall: 111 x 38.5 cm (43 11/16 x 15 3/16 in.) Medium: painted limestone

https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.157

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Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, c. 1380, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art

The subject of the nursing madonna was popular for both sculpture and painting during the fourteenth century. Made in the vicinity of Paris (called the Ile-de-France) for the interior of a church, this sculpture emphasizes the nurturing role of the Virgin and her special place as an intermediary between God and man. Statues of the Virgin and Child were placed not only on or near altars but also against piers (large supporting pillars inside the church) and within niches (special alcoves made for statues). In the elegance of its stance and proportion as well as the delicacy of its drapery and modeling, this sculpture is an eloquent representative of an île-de-France type and style. Size: Overall: 111 x 38.5 cm (43 11/16 x 15 3/16 in.) Medium: painted limestone

https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.157

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The Annunciation, Hans Memling, 1480–89, Robert Lehman Collection

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 Size: 30 1/8 x 21 ½ in. (76.5 x 54.6 cm) Medium: Oil on panel, transferred to canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459055

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La quête du Graal by Jacques Poirier

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Joan of Arc’s Ring, 15th Century AD

The ring is unusual for its type in having text rather than an image of saints on its faceted bezel. It matches the description Joan gave at her trial of the ring given to her by her parents, and is inscribed ‘I M’ for ‘Jesus Maria’. This ring sold at auction for £297,600.00.

The ring’s connection to St. Joan, who was burnt at the stake in 1431 for heresy, has been documented for over a century, and was published by F.A. Harman Oates in his privately printed catalogue of 1917. It was kept in an oak reliquary casket and was sold with a book of excerpts from national newspapers in Britain and France, as well as research notes compiled by Cyril Bunt in the 1940s, the BBC features on the ring and exhibition catalogues.