Stand Up Then And Be Ready!

＋ Nativity of Our Lord, Year C, December 25, 2018 ＋ 

Viderunt omnes termini terrae salutare Dei nostri.

I wish all of you, your friends and loved ones, your family and coworkers, and even all your adversaries and the people who are a pain in the butt to you, a Merry Christmas. 

I asked for items from a supervisor who is acting as a reference for me, and I think they misunderstood what I needed, and now they are on vacation for a month and I don’t know how I will get what I actually need or at least confirm if they gave me the right thing because I have no way of contacting them and if I do, I will be interrupting their vacation

Artist Shim Soon-hwa Catherine of South Korea created this masterful painting as a gift for the Pope’s visit to South Korea in 2014.  It is titled “The Virgin Mary of Peace.” It depicts the Virgin Mary dressed in traditional Korean Hanbok attire, including the traditional binyeo hairpin, as she holds the little baby Jesus, surrounded by cherubs and flowers. The painting includes children of the world sitting at the Virgin Mary’s feet, representing Africa, South America, the Middle East and the Koreas, all groups of people that need “peace,” the artist said.

“I painted ‘The Virgin Mary of Peace’ always keeping in mind a motif of ‘peace,’” the artist said. “I did it hoping that the Virgin Mary would bring peace to the world, as well as to Korea, as the pope has always wished,” she added. http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=121002

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The artist has done many paintings. Some are posted here with a short English introduction. I’m reposting the ones with a Christmas theme. However, the paintings at that webpage have no titles, the titles here are my guesses.

1. The Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary

2. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth

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3. The Holy Family

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4. Title unknown

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5. Praying to the Madonna and Child

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6. Young Jesus

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7/ Madonna & Child 1

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8. Madonna & Child 2

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9. Madonna & Child 3

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10. Joseph and Infant Jesus

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11. All Koreans coming to worship Christ at the Nativity.  I asked Korean friends about what looks like a big cracked egg in the front, and this was their reply: “The cracked big egg is a symbol of a King’s birth in Korean traditional stories/myths.”

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12. Madonna & Child 4