... it's become a real practice in charity to continue to offer prayers for Obama. I am beginning to wonder if burning in hell isn't just punishment for some people....

El Greco...

... there is so much going on in this painting of Christ carrying the cross, but my eye is continually drawn to Judas; noosed and hanging from a tree at the top of this representation. I know he's often vilified but I tend to have a bit more compassion for him. He played a detrimental part in the pl...

... and stupid environmentalist with warped priorities. "I would like to think someday I would give something back to this earth that gave me the life I have," said Nottingham Republican Frank Case. [source] news tip; Adoro Te Devote...

... of praying for my enemies this Lent, that is. Hell continues to get more crowded....

... the pure Virgin cried in grief, 'O most sweet Child, how is it that Thou diest lawlessly. How is it that Thou Who, has suspended all the earth upon the floods of waters, art now Thyself, suspended from the Tree. O most merciful Benefactor, do not leave me, Thy Mother and handmaid, alone.'"...

Hans Memling...

...Because by your holy cross You have redeemed the world. Hans Memling...

Cigoli...

Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar c.1521...