Richard Pajerski

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

And while they were on their way, all at once Jesus met them and said, All hail. With that, they came near to him, and clung to his feet, and worshipped him. Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; go and give word to my brethren to remove into Galilee; they shall see me there. (St. Matthew 28: 9-10; Knox Version).

Apparition de Jésus aux saintes femmes (Jesus appears to the Holy Women), James Tissot (Public domain)

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Ecce virgo in utero habebit, et pariet filium: et vocabunt nomen ejus Emmanuel, quod est interpretatum Nobiscum Deus.
(Matthew 1:23; Latin Vulgate).

Image (public domain): Birth of Christ by Ernst Deger

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

Then Jesus said, Do not cling to me thus; I have not yet gone up to my Father's side. Return to my brethren, and tell them this; I am going up to him who is my Father and your Father, who is my God and your God. (St. John 20: 17; Knox Version).

Noli me tangere (Touch me not), James Tissot (Public domain)

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Et Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis: et vidimus gloriam ejus, gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre, plenum gratiæ et veritatis. (St. John 1: 14).

Image (public domain): La nativité de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ, James Tissot

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0400

And they went into the tomb, and saw there, on the right, a young man seated, wearing a white robe; and they were dismayed. But he said to them, No need to be dismayed; you have come to look for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified; he has risen again, he is not here. Here is the place where they laid him. (St. Mark 16: 5-6; Knox Version).

Resurrection of Christ, Fra Angelico (Public domain)

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0500

The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. (St. Mark 1:15; Douay-Rheims version).

Image (public domain): The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, Duccio di Buoninsegna. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 9 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400

And suddenly there was a great trembling of the earth, because an angel of the Lord came to the place, descending from heaven, and rolled away the stone and sat over it; his face shone like lightning, and his garments were white as snow; so that the guards trembled for fear of him, and were like dead men. (Saint Luke 28:2-4 Knox Version).

Image (public domain): Resurrection of Christ by Noël Coypel

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500

And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins. (St. Matthew 1:21; Douay-Rheims version).

Image (public domain): The Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto (1523)

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400

And then, when he sat down at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and offered it to them; whereupon their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. (St. Luke 24:30; Knox Version).

Image (public domain): Supper at Emmaus by Matthias Stom

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0500

This is the sign by which you are to know him; you will find a child still in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger.
(Luke 2:12; Knox Version).

Image (public domain): L'Adoration des Bergers by Georges de La Tour

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 4 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalen went to the tomb, and found the stone moved away from the tomb door. (St. John 20:1; Knox Version).

Image (public domain): The Resurrection by Carl Heinrich Bloch

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Image (public domain): Nativity of Jesus by El Greco.

Happy Easter

Richard Pajerski — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

And when the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought spices, to come and anoint Jesus. So they came to the tomb very early on the day after the sabbath, at sunrise. Then they looked up, and saw that the stone, great as it was, had been rolled away already.
(St. Mark 16:1,2,4; Knox Version).

Image (public domain): Les Saintes Femmes au Tombeau by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

And the Word was made flesh, and came to dwell among us (John 1:14, Knox Version).

Image (public domain): Our faith and its defenders: comprising the trials and triumphs of the defenders of our faith in America by John Gilmary Shea.

Merry Christmas

Richard Pajerski — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0500

Image (public domain): Philippe de Champaigne