Comments on: Love Covers a Multitude of Sins

By: Fr. Christian Mathis

Fr. Christian Mathis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:00:51 +0000

Elizabeth,

Yes it is my icon. It is going to be a gift for Tory and his family, but I hope to hold on to it for a bit longer to pray with it and once it has had time to dry more, to seal it. (Sorry Tory, but there is still waiting ahead!)

Steve,

Yep, lots of covering up going on….but it is not of the Calvinistic kind. ; )

Eli,

Yes, prayer is a beautiful thing, even when it involves John the Baptist calling you a viper.

By: Eli

Eli — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:10:38 +0000

Hey, great insights, and great lessons. Icons are prayer more than they are art, still, prayer is a beautiful thing.

By: Tory

Tory — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:43:44 +0000

He looks GREAT!

I can almost see bits of locust and honey stuck in his beard!

By: s-p

s-p — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:10:04 +0000

It seems iconography is much like general construction. The framers say the sheetrockers will deal with their framing. The sheetrockers say the finishers will cover their mistakes and the finishers say the painters will cover their flaws and the painters say depending on the lighting the issues won’t show. We’re all looking for someone to cover us.

By: elizabeth mahlou

elizabeth mahlou — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:28:52 +0000

That’s an interesting metaphor, Fr. Christian, one worth thinking about. I am curious: is the art in the photograph yours? It’s beautiful.

BTW, I notice that you list Blest Atheist in your blog list. Unfortunately, that link no longer works — well, it links, but to some odd site for home furnishings. The explanation for this is on my new site, 100th Lamb (www.emahlou.blogspot.com), which replaces Blest Atheist. It was probably time for a name change, anyway. Bit by bit I am moving the old posts over. I seem to have lost nothing except the comments.

Have a blessed weekend!