Wallpaper for Saturday, February 9

The Saint of the Day is Appolonia of Alexandria, a martyr, who died in approximately 249. For PC wallpaper, the following web page contains an image that would be a good tile if reduced in size to approximately 40% of its current dimensions. http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Apollonia.htm This image is identified as a painting by Piero dello Francesca from the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Myanmar (which old timers will remember better with its former name, Burma) http://www.flickr.com/photos/immmu/2230780912/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Friday, February 8

The Saint of the Day is Josephine Bakhita, a nun, who passed away in the year 1947. On the following page is more information about this saint and an image suitable for use as a tile for PC wallpaper (particularly if given a frame and reduced in size to about 75% of the original dimensions). http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj84.htm

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Arunchal Pradesh in India http://www.flickr.com/photos/biligiri/1857942200/sizes/l/ This represents an area of the world that includes Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal and one-fifth of the Autonomous Region of Tibet (China)

Wallpaper for Thursday, February 7

The Saint of the Day is Luke the Younger of Greece, as known as Luke the Wonderworker, who passed away in the middle of the 10th Century. (More information can be had from the Katherine Rabenstine's hagiography at http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0207.shtml ). An image to use as a tile for PC wallpaper may be found at the Pylger Almanac site, the second one at the following page: http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/?pagina_id=121 It needs to have a border and to be reduced to about 66% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the Autonomous Region of Tibet, under the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/theowright/741533376/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Wednesday, February 6

The Observance of the Day is Ash Wednesday the beginning of the 40-day season of prayer, fasting and penance (on weekdays and Saturdays) prior to the celebration of Easter Sunday. This day is well illustrated by the graphic mysteriously posted at the following web site: http://seegers.lccharities.org/photos/LENTEN/AshWednesday-Full.jpg It's not clear whether any copyright applies. For wallpaper, I think this can best be used as a tile, by having a purple border applied and then being reduced to about 41 % of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is from the Autonomous Region of Tibet under the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironmanixs/315853882/sizes/l/ The photograph says that this picture was taken on the road from Lhasa to Gyantse.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, February 5

The Saints of the Day are Paul Mikki, SJ and His Companions, The Martyrs of Japan, who died on or about this date in 1597. Later missionaries to Japan are also remembered on this date (or February 6). The graphic at the right is a photograph of a stained glass window from an unknown location, with borders and cropping to help diminish the parallax distortion resulting from taking the picture from a low angle. The original image was borrowed from the web site of a church --- St. Alphonsus Rodriguez of Woodstock, Maryland. http://www.maryland-us.com/chapel.htm .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Qinghai, China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/misoponia/170418388/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Monday, February 4

The Saint of Day is Andrew Corsini, a bishop, who passed awy in 1373. For a tile to create PC wallpaper, an appropriate image (with a border applied) and some background about this saint may be found the following web page: http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/02-04.htm

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Sichuan in China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomix/805953949/sizes/l/ The location given by the photographer is 32°9' 35" N, 100°26' 56" E.

Screensaver Images for Sunday February 3 - Part 2

For some reason I can't get access to the display text to complete my revision of today's entry. Let the record reflect that the illustration below for the Exodus text is a somewhat eerie painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme made available from the following copyrighted on-line art site - © 2000–2007 The Athenaeum

Screensaver Images for Sunday February 3

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Last Sunday after the Feast of Epiphany) according to the Revised Common Lectionary Year A. --- i.e., the last Sunday before Lent. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Exodus 24:12-18: "The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction." This illustration below is a somewhat eerie painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme made available from the following copyrighted on-line art site - © 2000–2007 The Athenaeum. http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=7484

Psalm 2: "I myself have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." This is illustrated by a photo of the hill in Jerusalem generally known as Mount Zion. The Abbey of the Dormition is located on the hill . http://www.flickr.com/photos/first_timothy4_6/52114871/sizes/o/

2 Peter 1:16-21: "So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place..." To illustrate this the selection is a graphic by Elizabeth Wang. http://www.caseresources.org/prayer/prayer_evangelisation.htm

Matthew 17:1-9: The scripture for today tells the story of the event known as the Transfiguration of Christ. This event is illustrated by a Giovanni Batista Moroni painting posted by the Fitzwilliam Museum of Cambridge, UK. [© The Universtity of Cambridge (site)]
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=538&_function_=xslt&_limit_=10#1

Wallpaper for Saturday, February 2

The Observance of the Day is the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, which commemorates the events described in Luke 2:22-40. A tile to build wallpaper for a TV screen could be the image reproduced here, which shows a painting by Philippe de Champaigne, La présentation au temple from the Royal Museums of the Fine Arts of Belgium which was found through use of an art search engine: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Yunnan in China which can be accessed through the link below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmorgan/4632068/sizes/l/
The location of this vista is at approximately 27°14′10″N, 100°7′57″E, overlooking the Leaping Tiger Gorge on the Yangtze River near the village of Daju.

Wallpaper for Friday, February 1

The Saint of the Day is Bridget of Kildare, an abbess, who passed away in 523. As a tile for generating PC wallpaper, one may use the icon image (reduced to about 40%-50% of the original dimensions) from the following web page http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienB/Brigida_Brigitta_von_Kildare.htm .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Hubei in China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shenxy/88935904/sizes/o/ . This represents an area of the world that also includes the Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Chongqing.

Wallpaper for Thursday, January 31

The Saint of the Day is John Bosco, priest and founder of a religioius order (S.D.B), who passed away in 1888. For a tile to create PC wallpaper, the image at the following web site may be used, with a reduction to 25 - 33% of the original dimensions and this copied onto a color background, where it can clipped out with a wide matte border. http://www.salesians.org.uk/dbuk/saints1.html

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Quangxi in China. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=280981572&size=o This represents an area of the world that also includes the provinces of Hunan and Hainan.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, January 30

The Hero of the Day, from the Anglican Church calendar, is Charles I, King of England and Scotland, who died in 1649. He is considered a martyr, since he was executed (by the Puritan forces of Oliver Cromwell) rather than accede to the demand of abolishing the order of bishops in the established English church. For a tile to build a PC wallpaper background, I have clipped out a portrait from an unidentified painting posted on the web site for a California high school.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Guangdong in China. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1489985877&size=l The location given by the phot0grapher is 24°39' 27" N, 112°17' 56" E. This represents an area of the world that includes the Chinese Provinces of Jiangxi and Fujiang.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, January 29

The Saint of the Day is Lydia of Philippi, who along with Dorcas and Phoebe are recognized today on the calendar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as Coworkers with the Apostles, who each received a mention in the New Testament. (Lydia is also known as Lydia of Thyatira - Acts 16:40 et seq.) The appropriate tile to build your PC wallpaper may found at the following site: http://nwseelsorger.blogspot.com/2007/05/st-lydia.html

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Anhui in China. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=453943840&size=o The represents an area of the world that also includes the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Wallpaper for Monday, December 28

The Saint of the Day is Thomas Aquinas, priest, friar and theologian, who passed away in 1274. For an appropriate PC wallpaper tile, the image at the following web page is recommended. http://www.nndb.com/people/021/000084766/ I would reduce this to about 75% of its original dimensions and add a border.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the province of Shaanxi in China, showing hills with cultivated terraces, apparently in winter time. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=399896338&size=l The location provided by the photographer is 37°28' 59"N, 110°41' 05"E, not far from the city of Wubu. This view represents an area of the world that also includes the provinces of Shanxi and Henan.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, January 27

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Third Sunday after the Feast of Epiphany) according to the Revised Common Lectionary Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Isaiah 9:1-4 - "... he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. ..."; This verse is illustrated by photo of a rainbow over a landscape in the Galilee region of Israel. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=283753292&context=set-1239578&size=o

Psalm 27:1, 5-13 - "The LORD is my light and my salvation ...". A picture of a lighthouse illustrates this passage well. http://dailyprovision.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/the-lighthouse/

1 Corinthians 1:10-18 - "each of you says, 'I belong to Paul,' or 'I belong to Apollos,' or 'I belong to Cephas,' or 'I belong to Christ.' Has Christ been divided?" An illustration of this text may be found in the clip art archive created by the late Father Richard Lonsdale (© - free for nonprofit use) http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/3A.htm In screensaver use, these gif files often reproduce with an olive background. You may need to convert this one to a bmp file and use a Fill with Color tool to change the background color to a light grey. (These operations may be conducted using the Paint utility that comes with the Windows operating system.)

Matthew 4:12-23 - This text is illustrated here with a painting by one Harry Anderson , which is the seventh (7th) image that you find as you scroll down the following web page which was posted by James Larson
http://www.dst-corp.com/james/PaintingsOfJesus/NoJS.htm

Wallpaper for Saturday, January 26

The Saints of the Day are Timothy and Titus, companions of Saint Paul. For a PC wallpaper tile, I recommend an image on the following page. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/aejt_7/gleeson.htm It's the fourth image that you come to as you scroll down the page. For a better wallpaper effect, I would matte this image (copy it into a new graphic page, give it an external border, and then copy the image with border into a new file. All this can be done with the Paint utility program if you are a Windows operating system. )

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Gansu in China. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=463966125&size=o This scence represents an area of the world that also includes the Autonomous Region of Ningxia.

Wallpaper for Friday, January 25

The Observance of the Day is the Conversion of Saint Paul as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 9. A painting by Lucas Cranach II illustrates this event from (although the clothing does not seem to be appropriate to the days of the apostles) http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/c/p-cranach2-4.htm Reduce this to about 50% of the originalk dimensions and it should make interesting wallpaper as a matrix of tiles.

The Landscape of the Day in from the Province of Qinghai in China. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=466150587&size=o

Wallpaper for Thursday, January 24

The Saint of the Day is Vincent de Sales, a bishop and spiritual writer, who passed away in the year 1622. For a PC wallpaper tile the recommending image is at the following site http://www.psalm40.org/devout.html Recommend applying a border and reducing the size to about 70% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is another from the photogenic Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in China. In the bookkeeping for this around-the-world journey, today's ca. 500,000 sq. km. also includes part of the Chinese Province of Qinghai. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=391854837&size=o

Wallpaper for Wednesday, January 23

The Saint of the Day is Ildephonsus of Toledo, a bishop, who passed away in 667. For a PC wallpaper tile, a painting by El Greco from the Wikipedia site is recommended. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildephonsus_of_Toledo (Use the version on this page, not the enlargement. Best results if you you clip out the upper 2/3, put a border around that and fill in the white space with a more screen friendly color, and reduce the size to 66% of the original dimensions. My intent was to upload such an image, but Blogger isn't cooperating today.) T

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in China. The location provided by the photographer is 43°10' 24" N, 82°52' 42" E. Apparently the mountains in the background are part of the the Tian Shan Range.

If anyone was inconvenienced, I apologize for the lateness of this posting. My computer ate its cookie and Blogger didn't recognize me right away.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, January 22

The Saint of the Day is Vincent of Saragossa, a deacon and martyr, who passed away in the year 304. For PC wallpaper, the recommended tile (with a border added) would be image at the following site: http://satucket.com/lectionary/Vincent.htm .

The Landscape of the Day in a scene from the Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in China http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=490549186&size=l . The location provided by the photographer is 44°33' 35" N, 81°1' 60" E near the shore of Silimu Lake (Sayram Hu).

Wallpaper for Monday, January 21

The Saint of the Day is Agnes of Rome, a martyr, who passed away in the year 304. An image for use as a PC wallpaper tile may be found at the following web page: http://www.fisheaters.com/customstimeafterepiphany2.html To be effective as a tile, it needs to be reduced in size to about 40% of the original dimensions. (Note: With respect to Martin Luther King, whom the US honors on today's holiday, this blog will follow the custom for saints and remember him on the anniversary of his passing.)

The intention for the Landscape of the Day is feature a third visit to the Republic of Mongolia, as follows: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=209990548&size=l The labelling is apparently a view in the vicinity of the mountain known as Tavan Bogd. Although the labelling indicates Mongolia, my suspicion is that ths picture was taken near the following point --- 49°08'0''N, 87°39'0''E --- which is actually in the nearby Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in China. However, let's call it Mongolia as the photographer did, because it's one of the best I could find to represent that nation.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, January 20

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Second Sunday after the Feast of Epiphany) according to the Revised Common Lectionary Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Isaiah 49:1-7 - " 'I will give you as a light to the nations,that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.' " An illustration of this text may be found in the clip art archive created by the late Father Richard Lonsdale (© - free for nonprofit use): http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20C/4easterc.htm .

Psalm 40 - A verse from this Psalm is illustrated at this site maintained by David Dennis (©)
It's the first thumbnail of the 4th row on this index page. Click on the thumbnail image for a larger image: http://wonders.wallpaperdave.com/psalms03.htm .

1 Corinthians 1:1-9 - A portrait of Saint Paul is recommended to illustrate the beginning of one of his letters. In this case, it's a painting by Rembrandt from the National Gallery of Art's web site. http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?1201+0+0 .

John 1:29-42 - "One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his brother Simon and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah' (which is translated Anointed). He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, 'You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas' (which is translated Peter)."
This event with a painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna - "The Calling of Peter and Andrew", which most accessible from Carol Gerten-Jackson's excellent web site. http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/duccio/p-duccio3.htm

Wallpaper for Saturday, February 19

The Saint of the Day is Wulfstan of Worcester, a bishop, who passed away in 1095. An appropriate © image (with a border applied and a reduction of about 50 percent in dimensions) for personal use as a PC wallpaper tile may be found at this web page in the Nash Ford Publishing site http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/wulfstan.html

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the Republic of Mongolia. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1509345964&size=o.

Wallpaper for Friday, January 18

The Observance of the Day is the Confession of Saint Peter, when Anglican and Lutheran churches remember how the Apostle Peter was led by God's grace to acknowledge Jesus as the Christ (Matthew 16:13-20). (This date is aligned with the Feast of Saint Peter's Chair, an ancient observance in the Roman church.) A suitable, but copyrighted image for use (only) as a wallpaper tile (with border applied and reduced to about 40% of original dimensions), on one's own computer, may be found at the following Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ConfessionOfPeter.jpg

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Repulic of Mongolia. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=43352631&size=l

Wallpaper for Thursday, January 16

The Saint of the Day is Saint Anthony of Egypt, an abbot --- in fact a founder of the Christian monastic movement -- who passed away in 376. An image useable as a PC wallpaper tile (reduced to 40% of its original border with a matte - i.e. external border -- applied) may be found at the following location with the Wikipedia entry for Saint Anthony. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Piero_di_Cosimo_025.jpg

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from China in the province known as Inner Mongolia. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=34826779&size=l

Wallpaper for Wednesday, January 16

The Saint of the Day is Fursey of Lagny, who passed away in the year 650. More information and an illustration appropriate for a wallpaper tile (with a border applied and reduced to about 66% of the original dimensions) may be found in the following Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fursey

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from China, in the province known as Inner Mongolia.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=226142931&size=l The location given by the photographer is 41°8' 35" N, 112°32' 13" E.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, January 15

The Saint of the Day is Macarius of Egypt, a monk and abbot, who passed away in the year 391. The source of this image, to which I added the grey background and border, is the Wikipedia article, where more information can be had about this saint. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarius_of_Egypt .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Heilongjiang in northeastern China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tianhuiwang/269210062/

Wallpapaer for Monday, January 14

The Saint of the Day is Felix of Nola, a bishop who passed away in the year 260. For use as a tile for PC wallpaper an appropriate image may be found at the following web page. http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienF/Felix_von_Nola.htm From this page the second of the two images shown would make the best pattern, althrough the significance of the illustration is beyond my understanding. Either image would be improved as to the generated pattern by adding a border and reducing the dimensions to about 60% of the original size.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Hebei Province in China --- a scene which should need little explanation. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=450192804&size=o The location given by the photographer is 40°38' 32" N, 117°21' 59" E. This scene represents an area of the world that includes the northern Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning, in addtion to Hebei.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, January 13

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The First Sunday after the Feast of Epiphany) according to the Revised Common Lectionary Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Isaiah 42:1-9: "I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations," A lighthouse painting by Edward Hopper is featured at the following Metropolitan Museum of Art web page: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/modern_art/The_Lighthouse_at_Two_Lights_Edward_Hopper/ViewObject.aspx?depNm=modern_art&pID=-1&kWd=&OID=210009492&vW=1&Pg=1&St=0&StOd=1&vT=1

Psalm 29: A rendering of this text with some beautiful illuminated Hebrew calligraphy may be found at the following site: http://www.dbandart.com/index.php?targ=ps_psalm29 .

Acts 10:34-43: "God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. " The appearance of Jesus to the disciples on the journey to Emmaus, and particularly the meal they had there (Luke 24:13-35), is a painting reproduction from the Art Renewal Center site http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=182

Matthew 3:13-17: The Baptism of Christ - A depiction of this event by the Renaissance painter Perugino may be found at the following web page. http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/perugino/p-perugino23.htm

Wallpaper for Saturday, January 12

The Saint of the Day is Benedict Biscop, from the Roman and Church of England calendars, an abbot and builder, who passed away in 691. An appropriate icon image for use as a tile for PC wallpaper (with a reduction to about 60% of the original dimensions) may be found at the following web page. http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/?pagina_id=95 The graphic of interest is the third image on this page of the Pylger Almanak. (This appears to be a stained glass image from the Nash Ford Publishing site, where it is indicated as a copyrighted graphic. However the last to that photo on the Nash Ford site is currently inoperative.)

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Japan, a view of Mount Fuji. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=193850004&size=l. This view reprsents an area of the world that includes the northern 2/3 of Japan and the two nations of Korea.

Wallpaper for Friday, January 11

The Saint of the Day is Theodosius the Cenobiarch, an abbot, who passed away in 529. An icon image suitable for use as a tile to generate PC wallpaper (with a border applied) may be found at the following web page. http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=381 .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Philippines, on the Island of Luzon. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1768098583&size=l This view represents an area of the world that includes the Phillipines, Taiwan, and the southern third of Japan.

Wallpaper for Thursday, January 10

The Hero of the Day is William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, who died a martyr in 1645. He was contentious individual in a cententious era; but he died for professing hs Christian faith as he was given to understand. And fortunately a good portrait of him is available for use as a tile in PC wallpaper (with a border applied and reduced in size.) http://www.nndb.com/people/435/000107114/. (For a more sympathetic biography than at nndb.com, see James Kiefer's hagiography web site -- See January 8 entry.)

The Landscape of the Day is scene from Malaysia in the State of Sabah --- a view of Mount Kinabalu. http://www.worldisround.com/articles/318058/photo2.html Be aware that this web page has a link that will bring up a high-resolution version of the image suitable for use as wallpaper in a stretch format. This scene represents an area of the world that includes Malaysia, Singapore and a portion of southern Thailand.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, January 9

The Saint of the Day is Adrian of Canterbury, an abbot who passed away in the year 710. For use as a tile for PC wallpaper, the image at the following web site would be appropriate, particularly if the upper 2/3 were saved to a new file and given a border and then reduced to about 70% of the original dimensions). http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/adrian.html

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra), a view of Lake Toba from what appears to be the vicinity of 2°32'0'' N, 98°55'28'' E. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=39452447&size=l This view represents an area of the world that includes the island of Sumatra and the western part of Java.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, January 8

The Heroes of the Day are Nate Saint and his Companions, martyrs on a mission to Ecuador in 1956. For use as a tile for PC wallpaper the image at the following URL would be suitable (if reduced to 33% of its original dimensions and with a border applied.) http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/beyond_gates_splendor/NateSaint.jpg It's a little hard to find on the reference page (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/beyond_gates_spendor_photo.htm). A film "Beyond the Gates of Splendor" tells the story of their mission. On the Web, A good summary of the events leading to the massacre of the missionaries is available at this day's entry in James Kiefer's hagiography site. http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/indexcal.html.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Indonesia in the Province of Denpassar (Island of Bali) http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1917220308&size=l This view represents an area of the world that includes most of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali, and Eastern and Central Java.

Wallpaper for Monday, January 7

The Saint of the Day is Saint Raymond of Penyafort, O.P. who passed away in 1275. For a tile to use in PC wallpaper, an image from the Pylger Almanac (2nd image on the following long page) would be appropriate (with 50% reduction in dimensions and a border applied). http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/?pagina_id=90

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Province of Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia. The location given by the photographer is 4°0' 34" S, 122°45' 55" E. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefansprograms/426409912/ Click on the plus "+" tool for a higher resolution version appropriate use in the stretch format. The represents a are of the world that includes the Molucca Islands, Sulawesi (Celebes) Island and Eastern Kalimantan (part of Indonesian Borneo).

Screensaver Images for Sunday January 6

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Feast of Epiphany) according to the Revised Common Lectionary. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Isaiah 60:1-6 - "Arise, shine; for your light has come; and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you." http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=13875 Here you will find a thumbnail-size picture. Click on this for a larger version. This picture shows a painting - "Above the Clouds at Sunrise" - by Frederic Edwin Church from the website of The Athenium ©.

Psalm 72 - "He shall come down like rain upon the mown field, like showers that water the earth." http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/742/Wheat-Field-in-Rain.html This image entitled "Wheat Field in Rain" is a copy of a painting by Vincent van Gogh posted by the Vincent Van Gogh Gallery web site. Of course, Saint Paul was the author of thi epistle, which was apparently

Ephesians 3:1-12 - http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Saint-Paul-Posters_i1519030_.htm
This is a rather small copy of "Saint Paul", a painting by Nicolas Tournier. On this commercial site a larger image is available but only with a watermark superimposed, since this is an advertisement for a poster an art reproc available through this commercial site. Of course, St. Paul was the author of this letter to the Christians at Ephesus.

Matthew 2:1-12 - There re many paintings that show the three wise men (magi) bringing gifts to the Baby Jesus. The following link leads to a painting by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Typical of Renaissance paintings, the background shows features more typical of 15th century Florence than first century Israel. http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/ghirlandaio/p-ghirlandaio11.htm The source of this reproduction is the excellent Carol Gerten-Jackson web site.

Wallpaper for Saturday, January 5

The Saint of the Day is John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R., Bishop of Philadelphia, who passed away in the year 1870. For a tile to use in PC wallpaper a small photograph about halfway down the following page would suffice (particularly with a color border applied or matted around it). http://www.redemptorists.com/english/about_redemptorists/pioneers.htm .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the highlands in the western half of the island of New Guinea. This area is comprised by two provinces of Indonesia that use the name "Papua". It's less confusing to use the former name of this area Irian (no, I didn't mean Iran). http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Indonesia/Irian_Jaya/photo442717.htm

Wallpaper for Friday, January 4

The Saint of the Day is Elizabeth Ann Seton, SC founder, and teacher, who passed away in 1821. To use for a tile in PC wallpaper, the image at the following site (with a color border applied and reduced to about 50% of the dimensions of the copied image) would be appropriate for wallpaper to honor this saint: http://www.soar-usa.org/published/education/elizabeth_seton_award_.html (When applying a color border to a black and white image, you ordinarily need to resave it in a color bit map (bmp) format. )

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Papua New Guinea, the specific location given is Gusap. Various sources show that location as being in the vicinity of 6°03'15'' S, 145°57'30'' E.
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1358642595030723262VMWCDD Note that there is a "+" tool that will bring up a high resolution version in a separate windown.

Wallpaper for Thursday, January 3

The Hero of the Day is Gladys Aylward, Missionary to China, who passed away in 1970. Her mission was the subject of a featured motion picture "Inn of the Sixth Happiness" in which the role of Ms. Aylward was played by Ingrid Bergman. More information can be had at the James Kiefer hagiography site. http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/indexcal.html. For a tile to generate PC wallpaper honoring this individual (with a border applied) an image on the following web page, about 1/4 of the way down. web-accessible image posted as follows would be a good choice: http://www.jeremytiss.com/biographies.htm. The site owner, Jeremy Tish, claims a site copyright so don't print this without his permission unless you can establish that the image, per se, is in the public domain.

The Landscape of the Day is one last image of the State of Western Australia, and the entire continent of Australia --- what an Illinoisan would call a prairie landscape. At this site, you will note that there is link to downoad an extra high resolution version that will really look good as wallpaper in a stretch format, provided that you don't mind a 15 megabyte file. http://www.worldisround.com/articles/325832/photo8.html. (You can copy from the image on this web page for use in the stretch format, but it may be a little grainy.)

If anyone noticed --- apologies for the lateness of this posting. Google and I had a missed commication with respect to my password and that has now been resolved.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, January 2

The Saint of the Day is Gaspare del Bufalo, CMPS (founder), missionary, who passed away in the year 1837. For a tile to use in creating PC wallpaper, the following image (with a border applied and dimensions reduced to about 70% or the original) would be suitable for use. http://www.movimentomariano.org/images/S.Gaspare.jpg. This is an page found by Google image search somewhat deep in an Italian website. On the reference page it was displayed only as a small thumbnail-size image. http://www.movimentomariano.org/un_santo_amico.htm

The Landscape of the Day is a from Australia, specifically from the southern coast of the Flinders peninsula in the very large State of Western Australia. http://www.worldisround.com/articles/332438/photo18.html The approximate location of this vista is 35°5'57'' S, 117°58'33'' E.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, January 1

It's New Year's Day, of course, but on the various calendars of the saints, the observance for today has had a variety of names and themes, all centered about one event that must have, in all probaiblity, occured on the eighth day after the birth of Christ. It's the Jewish ceremony known these days as the Bris Milah, whereby newborn males are given the mark prescribed in God's covenant with Abraham, and are given a Hebrew name as part of the ceremony. As a Christian observance, this date has been known as the Feast of the Circumcision. The Roman Church observes the date as the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.

This blog will remember the day as the Observance of the Day --- The Holy of Jesus. An appropriate image for this concept may be found at the following site: http://www.wga.hu/index1.html. From here, use the site search engine, entering both the terms "El Greco" for Author and "Name of Jesus" for title. This will bring up a window showing two paintings by El Greco entitled "The Adoration of the Name of Jesus" as posted at the Web Gallery of Art. Either of these should be appropriate if displayed using the "Centered" option for PC wallpaper.

The Landscape of the Day is again from Australia in the State of Western Australia. The view is identified as Kimberly Gorge, which seems to e in the vicinity of Lat: 16°0'0'' S; Long: 126°0'0'' E. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=431219343&size=l .