A Test: What Is This About?
Today we have a test: What is this painting about? (See below.) That's St. Cecilia , painted by Raphael, the great Renaissance artist. It's an image of her "ecstasy." Perhaps you're familiar with her and with what is being depicted? Actually, you really should be familiar with St. Cecilia, right? As for the ecstasy, well, maybe not so much. We bring this to your attention with an additional question: Do we Catholic men give a second thought to our glorious saints as we attend to business? We've mentioned many times the importance of recollection of Our Lord - and Our Lady - even during our busy work lives. And perhaps some of us have made some progress here, difficult at it can be at times. But our glorious saints not only deserve some attention, but can be particularly inspiring to us. They can help us to perform our duties with more attention and devotion, depending on the saint, and our own particular work. Indeed, last week we recalled the suggestion of ha...
