Through all the #holywomen who live in the light of your glory, grant to the faithful departed the everlasting vision of happiness.

~ Lord, remember your Church.

#Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #FeastDay #StThérèseofLisieux

Window by Margaret Agnes Rope in Holy Name, Birkenhead.

“How should we feel about death?” Listen to Jessica Barr discuss MEDIEVAL HOLY WOMEN AND THE DESIRE FOR DEATH, a new book that investigates the tension between #Death as necessary for bringing about union with God and as the end of life on earth. #Medieval #HolyWomen #ReligiousHistory

378/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 Jesus Appears to the Holy Women Matthew 28:8-10. Painting phillipmedhurst.com/2017/05/25/p... #"JesusChrist", #Bible, #Gospel, #HolyWomen, #JamesTissot, #Jesus, #Resurrection, #Tissot

370/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Tomb Mark 16:1-6. Painting phillipmedhurst.com/2017/05/27/p... #"emptyTomb, #"JesusChrist", #Bible, #Gospel, #HolyWomen, #JamesTissot, #Jesus, #MaryMagdalene, #Resurrection, #ThreeMarys, #Tissot

323/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 The Holy Women Watch from Afar. Painting phillipmedhurst.com/2017/06/27/p... #"JesusChrist", #Bible, #Calvary, #Golgotha, #Gospel, #HolyWomen, #JamesTissot, #Jesus, #MaterDolorosa, #Tissot

319/392 the James Tissot Jesus c 1896 The Daughters of Jerusalem. Painting phillipmedhurst.com/2017/07/01/p... #"JesusChrist", #Bible, #DaughtersOfJerusalem, #Gospel, #HolyWomen, #JamesTissot, #Jesus, #Tissot, #ViaDolorosa