I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

— Og Mandino

Tomb of Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta, Empress of the first Christian Empire.

Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.

“Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.”

The Biga, Vatican Museum by Francesco Antonio Franzoni

Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all of the darkness.

— Desmond Mpilo Tutu

P.S.
On a break, be back next week.

I am a part of all that I have met;

Yet, experience is an arch wherethro’

Gleams that untravll’d world whose margin fades

For ever and for ever when I move.

— Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses, 18–21.

Constantine, by Bernini
This is art!

A bell is no bell til you ring it
A song is no song til you sing it
And love in your heart wasn't put there to stay
Love isn't love til you give it away.
— Maria, in the Sound of Music

Along St. Peter’s Square

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

— Luke, 6:38

The statue of Charity, in the portico of St. Peters

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

— Anne Frank