Wallpaper for Tuesday, September 30

The Saint of the Day is Jerome, Scholar, Translator, and Theologian, who passed away in 420. His primary achievement was translation of the Bible into Latin, the common language of the Roman Empire. He went back to the original Hebrew text as his source for the Old Testament, instead of relying on the Greek text, known as the Septuagint, available at that time. For use in creating a tiled wallpaper background, I have uploaded a framed image of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. He shows Jerome dressed as a cardinal --- a posthumous honor, since the office of cardinal had not yet been established. The biography by James Kiefer is a good place to read a bit more about Saint Jerome. http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?9+30

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, in the this Caribbean island group which is an overseas department of France. In the view is the nearby island of Montserrat.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23209605@N00/2285854444/sizes/l/ The photographer provided the following coordinates as the location of this vista --- 16°19'25"N, 61°46'12"W. This view represents an area of the world that include all of the Leeward Islands (including Guadeloupe), the Windward Islands, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, and an area in eastern Venezuela representing about 3/8 of the area of that nation.

Wallpaper for Monday, September 29

The Saints of the Day is Michael and All Angels. James Kiefer has a fascinating explanation of this observance at the following page --- http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?9+29 . For possible use in creating a tiled wallpaper background, several thumbnail images of icon appropriate for the day are available to select from at the following web page. http://www.alexandraint.net/index.php?cPath=100 .
Copyright © 2005 Alexandra International, Inc. Just click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it. You will probably want to then reduce it on the order of 33%-66% to produce the appropriate wallpaper effect.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Nicaragua. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hymietown/316165649/sizes/o/ (sic). The most specific geographic reference provided by the photographer is Ometepe, which is the name of an island in Lake Nicaragua with a position reference of 11°30′N 85°35′W. This image represents an area of the world that includes Central America from Belize and Guatamala to Panama.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, September 28

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to September 28". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Exodus 17:1-7: --- Moses brings water from the rock at God's command --- This event is illustrated by a Gioachino Assereto painting, which may be seen at the Web Gallery of Art site. http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/a/assereto/moses.html

Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 --- "He brought streams out of the cliff, and the waters gushed out like rivers." This verse is illustrated with a photograph at the following web page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirgon/364234144/sizes/m/.

Philippians 2:1-13 ---A verse from this passage is illustrated by this slightly modified clip art. © 2000 by Father Richard Lonsdale. "You may freely copy this document. It may be freely reproduced in any non-profit publication."
http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/25A.htm.

Matthew 21:23-32 The authority of Jesus is questioned, and he replies with the parable of the two sons This passage is illustrated by a drawing from the site of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Peru http://www.mscperu.org/images/graficoslit/aTO/26_to_a.htm

Wallpaper for Saturday, September 27

The Saint of the Day is Vincent de Paul, priest, helper of the poor, and founder of the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentian order). He passed away in 1660. An appreciation of this saint may be found at http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?9+27. The Wikipedia article is indexed under "Vincent_de_Paul". For use in creating a tiled wallpaper background on a computer desktop, I have and uploaded and slightly edited an image of this saint from the following web location: http://www.svdp-sacramento.org/whoweare.html. The original artwork appears to have been an oil painting, which, according to one source, was a portrait in the Vincentian mother house in Paris, painted shortly before his death.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Oaxaca, Mexico http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfreddiem/101585580/sizes/o/ . The photographer has identified the site as Monte Alban at the following location: 17°2'0'' N; 96°46'0'' W. This view represents an area of the earth that includes the following additonal state in southern Mexico: Gurerrero, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo.

Wallpaper for Friday, September 26

The Saints of the Day are Cosmas and Damian of Cilicia, physicians and martyrs, who died around the year 303. Sources of information about their lives would include the Wikipedia article "Sts._Cosmas_and_Damian" and various links found therein. I have uploaded an icon image slightly edited for use as tiled wallpaper. The image may be found on the web at the following location: http://saints.sqpn.com/indexsnt.htm. The Anglican hero, Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, a co-translator of the King James Bible, is worthy of rememberance today, but available images did not lend themselves to wallpaper use.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the state of Durango, Mexico. http://www.flickr.com/photos/parral/2697778122/sizes/l/

This view of the world includes an area that also includes part of Chihuahua, and the states of Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Mexico, ity, Tlaxcala and Morelos, and the Federal District of Mexico City.

Wallpaper for Thursday, September 25

The Saint of the Day is Sergius of Radonezh, an abbot, who passed away this date in 1392. More information about this saint may be found at the following web page: http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/Sergius.htm For use as in creating a tiled wallpaper background, I have uploaded a slightly edited image of some embroidery work that is on display in the Sergei Posad Museum at the Holy Trinity monastery, which was founded by Saint Sergius. http://www.musobl.divo.ru/rizn_e.html

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Baja California, Mexico. The photographer gave no locational information more specific than "Baja".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dom_edwards/337755498/sizes/l/ . This view represents an area of the world that, in addition to the two Baja California states, includes Sonora and Chihuahua --- i.e. northwestern Mexico.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, September 24

The Saint of the Day is Thecla of Iconium, who was a first century martyr according an ancient source. She is said to have miraculously survived three attempted executions and to have been the first woman to have witnessed to a faith in Christ when the penaltly for that was death. A more complete telling of her story may be found in the September 24 entry at the following site. http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp. An alternate source is the Wikipedia entry for "Saint_Thecla". An edited icon image has been posted here for use in creating a tiled wallpaper background for computer screens. The source of this image is the September 24 entry for the Pilgrim's Almanac: http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/ .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Nuevo Leon, Mexico. http://www.flickr.com/photos/drogdon/2678655810/sizes/l/ . You might want to use image processing software to paste a small copied swatch of green background over the orange sign that you may find a bit too eyecatching. This view represents an area of the world that includes several other states in northeastern Mexico, including Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, and various smaller states. The location of Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Queretaro, Hidalgo and Guanajato. The photographer provided the following geographic reference for this photo: 25°41'0'' N, 100°28'0'' W.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, September 23

The Saint of the Day is Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M.Cap., a priest who was also a mystic, who passed away in 1968. For use in creating a tiled wallpaper background, I am uploading a slightly edited holy care image found in the Padre Pio image gallery at the Patron Saints Index site http://saints.sqpn.com/saintp27.htm .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Texas, USA.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/2260805045/sizes/o/ This view is intended to represent the southeastern 3/4 of the the state. But we can draw the boundary to include a view from the photogenic Big Bend National Park

Wallpaper for Monday, September 22

Since yesterday was Sunday, the Saint of the Day is Matthew, the Apostle, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, an observance usually conducted on September 21. This same saint is ususally also identified as Matthew, the Evangelist, who wrote the Gospel of that name ---the first book of the New Testament. I am uploading a detail from a painting by Rembrandt for possible use as tiled wallpaper background.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from New Mexico, USA. This represents an area of the world that also includes the northwestern quarter of the State of Texas. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paraflyer/513721109/sizes/o/ . The photo was taken at the Capulin Mountain National Monument. The photographer provided the coordinates: 36°46'57"N, 103°58'15"W.

Screensaver Images for September 21

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to September 21". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Exodus 16:2-15 --- God sends manna from heaven --- This Bible story can be illustrated with a woodcut illustration by Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld. (Originally printed in Das Buch der Bücher in Bilden and scanned by Publications for Latin America, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) http://www.wels.net/wmc/Downloads/052.gif

Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 --- Two verses from this psalm are illustrated by a greeting card image that may be found on this index page of thumbnail-size images. http://www.floodgateonline.com/psalmcards.html . Click on the the image for Psalm 105 to see a version that would work in your screensaver. But note --- Copyright 2000-2002, Floodgate-Extreme Praise and Worship. Unauthorized use prohibited. The way I look at it is that if someone is going to post an image on the web for you to look at on your computer screen, they know that your computer will mostly likely save a copy of the web page in your cache. So it is only fair for you to be able to look at the image later at a time of your own choosing. (But if it's copyright protected, you need approval before modifying it or printing it out or emailing it .)

Philippians 1:21-30 --- --- A verse from this passage is illustrated by this slightly modified clip art from the collection of the late Fr. Richard Lonsdale. © 2000 by Father Richard Lonsdale. "You may freely copy this document. It may be freely reproduced in any non-profit publication."

http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/25A.htm

Matthew 20:1-16 --- Parable of the workers in the vineyard --- A Jerome Nadal woodcut illustrating this passage may be found at the following location. http://catholic-resources.org/Nadal/072.jpg

Screensaver Images for September 21

Wallpaper for Saturday, September 20

The Saint of the Day is Andrew Kim Taegon, who along with 102 others died as the Martyrs of Korea, during the period 1839-1867. A brief outline of his life may be found at http://saints.sqpn.com/sainta54.htm. A brief Wikipedia article may also be found for "Andrew_Kim_Taegon". Today Anglicans remember the martyrs John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and His Companions; but the available artwork for the Korean saint is better for use as a tiled wallpaper background.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the northeastern part of Arizona, USA http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestrated1/1225151087/sizes/o/ . This view represents an area of the earth that also includes the southeastern 2/3 of Nevada.

Wallpaper for Friday, September 19

The Saint of the Day is Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, who passed away in the year 690. The Wikipedia article "Theodore_of_Tarsus" seems to provide a good background. For use in creating a tiled wallpaper background for my computer screen, I have uploaded one of only two images of this saint that I could find. The best-sized version is the one at the following site --- http://www.standfirminfaith.com/mt/archives/000583.html I will reduce it to about 80% of its current size and apply a border. It's been used by couple of other of blogs, but the original posting (under a Creative Commons license) may have been the one at the following web site: http://www.macclesfield.antiochian.org.uk/directory.htm .

The Landscape of the Day is supposed represent California, USA and the northwestern third of Nevada. Oddly enough, I've had a hard time locating good wallpaper-quality images for this area. This one is quite nice although the shot is a little grainier than the ideal wallpaper, probably due to the distance and high magnification. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paraflyer/1583601447/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Thursday, September 18

The Saint of the Day is Joseph of Cupertino, who passed away in 1663. Although he was lacking if formal education, his faith was so profound that he apparently had the gift of levitation, according to the testimony of those who supported his cause for sainthood.

For those who prefer to remember someone a bit more down to earth, the Hero of the Day is Dag Hammarskjöld, peacemaker, who died in a plane crash on this date in 1961. He is remembered today on the calendar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (US). According to notes published posthumously, his Nobel-Prize-winning career was apparently guided with Christian ideals in mind, even though he was not a church member as an adult.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Washington, USA. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rs_butner/51495410/sizes/l/ The location given by the photographer is 46°50'06"N, 120°27'34"W, overlooking the Yakima River, between the towns of Ellensburg and Yakima.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, September 17

The Saint of the Day is Hildegard Abbess at Bingen, and visioniary who passed away in 1179. For a image to use in tiled wallpaper, I recommend the first of two icons on the following web page http://gigibeads.net/prayerbeads/saints/hildegard.html. For this application, the image could be optimized if you use Windows Paint to select a portion that omits the text label and save it to new file and then reduce that portion to 50% of its original size.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Idaho, USA. http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueturf/80450715/sizes/l/ This view represents an area of the world that also includes the state of Wyoming. The location given by the photographer is 44°14'52"N, 115°3'08"W, not far from Boise.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, September 16

The Saint of the Day is Euphemia of Chalcedon, a martyr who died around 305. This uploaded icon image was borrowed from the Pilgrim Almanac site, where is appeared without attribution or copyright notice, as far as I can tell. http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/ It appears here strictly for your use to generate tiled wallpaper.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Montana, USA --- a view from Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park at the western end of the state. This view represents an area of the earth that also includes the state of Wyoming. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbollino/2842357865/sizes/o/ As far as I can discern, this location is approximated by the following coordinates: 48°30'19'' N; Long: 113°17'07'' W.

Wallpaper for Monday, September 15

[This is a catch-up entry] The Observance of the Day is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. For more details about this event, you may consult the following James Kiefer web page: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/09/14.html The date of this observance is ordinarily September 14, but that date fell on a Sunday this year, when the proper readings for the day usually take precedence over holy days.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from South Dakota, USA. http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldmanwillow/502640928/sizes/l/ The location given by the photographer is 43°48'10"N, 102°7'05"W, in the Badlands National Park in southeastern South Dakota. This represents an area of the world that also includes North Dakota and eastern Montana.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, September 14

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to September 14". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)
Exodus 14: 19 - 31 --- "So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth." --- The only artist who has done justice to this scene is the film maker Cecil B deMille. An iconic image of Charleston Heston as Moses may be found on the web at the following location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:R2_2_010223.jpg © status unnkown

Psalm 114 --- You ought to find something you like on this page! http://www.dbandart.com/index.php?targ=ps_psalm114 © Debra Band 2006.

Romans 14:1-12 --- A verse from this passage is illustrated by this slightly modified clip art from the collection of the late Fr. Richard Lonsdale. © 2000 by Father Richard Lonsdale. "You may freely copy this document. It may be freely reproduced in any non-profit publication." http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/24A.htm

Matthew 18:21-35 --- The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave --- The best illustration that I could find for this hard-to-illustrate text was at the following web page of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Peru .
http://www.mscperu.org/images/graficoslit/aTO/24_to_a.htm
For use in a screensaver rota, this image could be improved by filling some of the white spaces with color using your Windows Paint utility, or equivalent image processing software.

Wallpaper for Saturday, August 13

The Saint of the Day in this blog is John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantiople, who passed away in 407. For further information, the following web site http://www.chrysostom.org/ and the Catholic Encyclopedia article http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08452b.htm are worth consulting. I have uploaded a resized image and slightly edited image of this saint for use as tiled wallpaper. I found it at the Pilgrim Almanac site: ( http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/?pagina_id=340 ); but I don't know the original source.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Colorado, USA. The location given by the photographer is Mineral Hot Springs at 38°11'18"N, 105°54'48"W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/molas/75794704/sizes/l/ . The mountains are apparently the Sangre de Cristo range.

Wallpaper for Friday, September 12

The Hero of the Day is John Henry Hobart, Episcopal Bishop of New York, who passed away in 1830. More information about this venerable churchman may be found at the following web page: http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/JHHobart.htm . It was the source of the slightly modified graphic image that I have uploaded here for the use in tiled wallpaper.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Arkansas, USA. http://www.pbase.com/dfoutsii/image/46418057 This is a scene from Mount Nebo State Park, apparently from the summit there. The approximate coordinates for the location are 35°13'35"N, 93°15'19"W.

Wallpaper for Thursday, September 11

The Saint of the Day is Dieniol, Bishop of Bangor (in Wales), who passed away arund 584. For an illustration to use for tiled wallpaper, I recommend an image from the Early British Kingdoms site: http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/deinigpn.html © Nash Ford Publishing 2001. All Rights Reserved. For this purpose it would best be reduced in size to about 60% of the original image.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Flint Hills in Kansas, USA. http://www.flickr.com/photos/benhayes/198233348/sizes/l/ . The aspect ratio is a bit different from the average PC screen, so you will probably need to use the "stretch" option to make it cover your screen. This landscape represents an area of the world that also includes Missouri, Iowa and the southern half of Minnesota.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, September 10

The Saints of the Day are Mendora, Metrodora and Nymphodora, martyrs at Nicomedia, who passed away in the early 4th century. For use as a tiled background in your computer desktop display, my choice of graphics would be the icon displayed for Mendora at the Orthodox Church in America web site: http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp It comes up with a display of the Orthodox saints recognized for the current date, so you will have to use the search feature --- keying in "September 10" --- to find the Mendora entry. All three sisters are shown in the thumbnail icon beside that name. Click on the "Life of the Saint" link to find a larger version of the icon and some informative text. For wallpaper use on your own computer, I would reduce that image to about 60% of its original size. You can do this with the Windows Paint utility program.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Wisconsin, USA, just a few miles southwest of Madison. The location given by the photographer is 42°55'29"N, 89°33'30"W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60538638@N00/2827314970/ This view represents an area of the earth that also includes northern Illinois, Michigan and northern Minnesota.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, September 9

From the Episcopal Church calendar, the Heroes of the Day are Constance and Her Companions, Martyrs of Memphis who passed away in 1878, among the ones who stayed to aid victims of a massive yellow fever epidemic. The best account that I found on the web is here: http://flickr.com/photos/stmarysmemphis/2355585789/ For use in creating tiled wallpaper on one's computer screen, I have uploaded here a resized and reformatted image copied from a "holy card" with no origin indicated.

Coincidentally, the Landscape of the Day is from Tennessee, USA (However, it's a Smokey Mountain view from the other end of that state.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41167302@N00/882906280/sizes/o/ This view represents an area that also includes Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and southern/central Illinois.

Wallpaper for Monday, September 8

The Saint of the Day is Corbinian, Bishop of Freising, who passed away in 730. The modified image uploaded here for use as tiled wallpaper, is a detail from a Jan Polack painting at the cathedral in Freising and is accessible in the informative Wikipedia article "Corbinian". An alternative account of this saint's life by Katherine Rabenstein may be found on the following page: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0908.shtml

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Alabama, USA. This represents an area of the world that includes Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, as well as two other nearby nations --- Cuba and the Bahamas. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigkyle28/299807729/sizes/l/ The photographer identifies this location as Chimney Peak, which is specified elsewhere with the following coordinates; 33°50'13''N, 85°43'59''W.

Screensaver Images from Sunday, September 7

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to September 7". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Exodus 12: 1-4 --- The story of the first Passover --- This is illustrated by the woodcut graphics of Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld at the following web page. http://www.wels.net/wmc/Downloads/049.gif Copyright 1997. World Mission Collection. All Rights Reserved. "Permission to use these images is limited to personal and congregational use. The images can not be produced for resale."

Psalm 149 --- "Cantate Domino" is the Latin version of the first phrase of this psalm... "Sing to the Lord". At this particular time there is an "album cover" that features that name on a photograph of a church, and it happens to be viewable at Amazon.com, if you use the "cantate domino" as your search term. The image on the index page is a thumbnail (reduced size) version, and there is a link to an enlarged version. To give credit where credit is due, this disk is sold under the Proprius label.

Romans 13:8-14 --- A verse from this passage is illustrated by this slightly modified clip art from the collection of the late Fr. Richard Lonsdale. © 2000 by Father Richard Lonsdale. "You may freely copy this document. It may be freely reproduced in any non-profit publication." http://www.silk.net/RelEd/lonsdale.htm

Matthew 18:15-20 --- V. 15 "If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone..." V. 20 ... where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." Cerezo Barrado has drawn an illustration that may be seen on the following web page:
http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo/dibujosA/46OrdinarioA23.jpg
In this interpretation the "two or three ... gathered" turn out to be four individuals in procession with signs inscribed with sentiments in Portuguese, the language of Brazil. With the aid of Google Language Tools, I call tell you that those sentiments are as follows:
"With Jesus, we are a community": "With God, liberator of the poor"; "I am with you."; "With Jesus fighting for their lives"

Wallpaper for Saturday, September 6

The Hero of the Day is Bertrand of Garrigue O. P., who passed away in 1230, according to the information at the Patron Saint Index site, http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb5l.htm which was the source of the image uploaded here for use as a tiled background for your computer desktop display.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from North Carolina, USA.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelrays/286355440/sizes/l/ According to the notes from the photographer this location is known as Black Balsam, a bald mountain crest location near the Blue Ridge Parkway at a location approximated by the following coordinates. 35°20'40"N, 82°52'00"W .

Wallpaper for Friday, September 5

The Hero of the Day is Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, who passed away this date in 1997. It appears that she did not spend a lot of time having portraits made. The best I could find on the web is at the following web page: http://www.catholicgreetings.org/Create.asp?card=866
© Copyright, AmericanCatholic.org. For use as tiled wallpaper, I would reduce this to 50%-60% of its original size and add a border.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Pennsylvania, USA. It represents an area that also includes the states of Maryland and New York and the states of New England.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholas_t/702233144/sizes/l/ The tags put on this photo by the photographer include references to the Pocono Mountains, and Barrett Township in Monroe County, which would be in the vicinity of the following point 41°10'51"N, 75°16'10"W.

Wallpaper for Thursday, September 4

For the Saint of the Day, (updating my original posting) the selection is Rose of Viterbo, a mystic, who passed away in 1547. More information about this saint may be found at the Wikipedia article "Rose_of_Viterbo" A image from that article is posted here, with a bit of minor editing appropriate for use as wallpaper in the tiled format.

The Landscape of the Day is a second image from the Canadian province of Ontario. This is a view of Lake Nipigon near the town of Red Rock. It appears that the following coordinates approximate the location of the photograph: 48°58'21"N, 88°16'39"W. http://www.flickr.com/photos/er1danus/1016368/sizes/l/ .

Wallpaper for Wednesday, September 3

The Hero of the Day is Nicholai Grundtvig, a Lutheran bishop and writer, who passed away in 1872. (The Roman Catholic calendar honors Gregory the Great today, but this blog remembered him on the traditional date of March 12.) A bit of biography for today's honoree may be found at http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?9+3 For a tiled background in your computer desktop display, I have uploaded a resized and reformatted image from the Heiligen Lexikon http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienN/Nicolai_Grundtvig.html

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Canadian province of Ontario. http://www.flickr.com/photos/crankturner/357517992/sizes/o/ . The location is not known precisely, but it is tagged with the name of the highest point in the province --- Ishpatina, a ridge in the vicinity of Lake Temagami.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, September 2

The Saint of the Day is John the Faster, the Patriarch of Constantinople, who passed away in 595. Information about this saint is available from the Orthodox Church in America site http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp. (Copyright 1996-2008. All rights reserved) If you go there on September 2, you will find a thumbnail icon image of this saint, which is an appropriate size to use, tiled, in a background for your computer desktop display (i.e. wallpaper). If you arrive on another date you will have to use the search menu to reset the date to September 2.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the Canadian province of Quebec.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14155189@N07/1440107201/sizes/l/ . The location given by the photographer is 46°7'26"N, 74°35'20"W --- in the village of Mont Tremblant.

Wallpaper for Monday, September 1

The Saint of the Day is Giles, an abbot with a gift of healing, who lived in what is now southern France, and who passed away in the early eighth century. More infomation about this saint is available in the Patron Saints Index at http://saints.sqpn.com/saintg15.htm and in the Wikipedia article for "Saint_Giles". An image is posted here for use, tiled, as a background for a computer desktop display.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Canadian province of Quebec, apparently a view along the shore of the Saint Lawrence River. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37043062@N00/252257681/sizes/l/