Painting

One scene in Dostoevsky’s work has remained famous: in the middle of his novel Crime and Punishment, two very unusual characters begin to read the Gospel of John. They are Sonia, a young girl who has become a prostitute against her will, and Raskolnikov, the murderer whose state of mind the author analyses. Together, they … Read more

The first page of the whole Scripture features the clarity of a crystal-clear spring: God creates the world with extreme simplicity, through his all-powerful Word that punctuates the six days of creation. Let us open the sacred text and contemplate how light appears as the very first work of the divine craftsman: In the beginning … Read more