“Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy” by Caravaggio (about 1595-96). Photo/courtesy of Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Allen Phillips” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Saint-Francis-1-Credit-Wadsworth-Museum-of-Art.jpg?fit=300%2C218&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Saint-Francis-1-Credit-Wadsworth-Museum-of-Art.jpg?fit=1000%2C725&ssl=1″/>St. Francis of Assisi at the National Gallery in London
The revered saint captured the imaginations of artists who have for generations told his remarkable story without the need for words.
June 23, 2023
Migrants who were flown from Texas to Sacramento share a moment of prayer in one of the local faith communities that provided housing after they arrived in early June. Photo/Sacramento ACT” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sacramento-migrants-credit-Sacramento-ACT.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/episcopaljournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sacramento-migrants-credit-Sacramento-ACT.jpg?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1″/>Sacramento Episcopal cathedral, area churches provide aid to migrants flown to California
The migrants, all adults ages 20 to 40 and mostly from Venezuela, Colombia and Guatemala, were approached in El Paso, Texas, where some had been working, with the promise of housing and jobs if they agreed to go to California.
Signs and crossroads
Daily Office Readings for Friday,June 23, 2023: AM Psalm 88; PM Psalm 91, 92; 1 Samuel 3:1-21; Acts 2:37-47; Luke 21:5-19 Nation against nation.Kingdom against kingdom.Earthquakes, famines, plagues, and wars.“Signs of the end times,” we’ve all been told. All the same…has there ever been a timein the history of the worldthat these things haven’t been …
