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Art, Poland - Polish - Polonia,

Art for March 29th

Spring in Polana Chochołowska, Urszula Mularczyk, 2010

Polana Chocholowska – a clearing in the Chochołowska Valley in the Western Tatras at an altitude of 1090-1150 m above sea-level. It is the largest mowed clearing in the Polish Tatra’s. The clearing is used for grazing sheep and cattle. By 1930, approximately 60 different buildings, huts, sheds, and barns served the local economy. They were also home to poachers, smugglers and mountaineers.

The clearing offers an excellent view of the Grześ, Wołowiec, Jarząbczy Wierch, and Bobrowiec peaks, the massif of Kominiarski Peak, and the sharp peak of Mnich.

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Art for the Third Sunday of Lent

Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Henryk Siemiradzki, 1890

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” — John 4:21-26

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Art for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the B.V.M.

Annunciation, Jakob Mertens, ca. 1600

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.

And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?” And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.”

And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. — Luke 1:26-38