Jacob wrestling with the Angel, byzantine bronze door, Monte Sant'Angelo, ca. 1070

I was raised Catholic and images of Mary still hold a measure of comfort for me. Qilin are said to appear to portend the appearance of a great individual, and are symbols of prosperity and protection.

Joan of Arc (1873), Henri Pierre Hippolyte Dubois

— Sister Elizabeth Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”

Chapel dedicated to the Thunderer Saint St. Pantelija that is built inside of a hollow ancient oak near the village of Jovac, Vladičin Han region, SE Serbia.

La Chapelle du Saint-Sacrement - Notre-Dame de Paris

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, quoted in Daniel Izuzquiza, Rooted in Jesus Christ: Toward a Radical Ecclesiology

Mary Magdalene, Girolamo Savoldo, 1535-40

Kathleen Graber, from "The Weight", The River Twice

Kathleen Graber, from "Un Chien Andalou", The Eternal City

Archangel Gabriel and a sleepy kitty near the gates of Kazanskiy cathedral in Feodosia, Crimea. August 2023

— Eugene Peterson

‘A spotted flycatcher pair nesting in the palm of a statue’ (by Zsolt Semperger, original post here)

Azerbaijani artist Tunzala Mamedzadeh's Hand-Painted Quran in Gold on 164 Feet of Black Silk