Wallpaper for Thursday, October 23

The Saint of the Day is James of Jerusalem, a bishop and martyr. He is mentioned at various places in the New Testament.The Wikipedia article on this saint is titled "James_the_Just", and that was the source of the icon image that you see uploaded here. The Apostle Paul identifies him as the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1:18–19). The various references to James of Jerusalem are sorted out by the James Kiefer bibliographic sketch at http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?10+23 . The traditional belief is that his relationship to Jesus was like that of an older step-brother --- since Mary has been known as perpetually a virgin. (In a common Protestant reading of the scriptures, Mary is thought to have had a typical family life after the birth of Jesus, with James most likely a younger brother of Jesus.)

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Goiás, Brazil.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cltn/250997693/sizes/l/ . The photographer gives the following location for this photograph, 14°56'13"S, 48°55'20"W, which is roughly 80 miles northwest of the capital city, Brasilia.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, October 22

The Saint of the Day is Glycera, martyr at Adrianopolis in the third century. She was one of six who died for the Christian faith at that time --- including Alexander the Bishop, Heraclius the Soldier, Anna, Elizabeth, and Theodota. However of that group only Glycera is represented on a icon, and it may be found at the Orthodox Church in America site: http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp . It is indexed to the date October 22. This will be one of several entries on the page, most illustrated with thumbnail icon images. Click on the Life of the Saint link for Glycera to get a high resolution image on a popup page with some background text. For use as a tiled background for your computer desktop display, I would reduce that image to about 45% of its original size.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Bahia, Brazil. http://www.flickr.com/photos/downthewaterfall/2453583532/sizes/o/. The photographer gives us the following coordinates 14°17'46"S, 38°58'53"W.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, October 21

The Saint of the Day is Hilarion of Gaza, an anchorite (a monk who lived in the desert) in the tradition of St. Anthony. He passed away in the year 371. An icon image may be found by searching the October 21 date at the following web page --- http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp?SID=4
You will find a brief history of the saint there. The image should be reduced to about 50% of its original size for use as a tiled wallpaper background for your computer desktop display.

[an amended entry follows] The Landscape of the Day is a scene from an unsprcified location in Brazil. http://www.flickr.com/photos/44508342@N00/274921451/sizes/l/ The round-the-world sequence calls for a scene from an area of the world in northeastern Brazil that includes the states of Sergipe, Alagoas, Permanbuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará and a portion of Piauí. I wasn't satisfied with the scenes that I was able to find that was for that particular region so lets just say that scene I have now posted will be considered to represent that area of the world.

Wallpaper for Monday, October 20

The Saint of the Day is Maria Bertilla Boscardin, a Italian nun and nurse, who passed away in 1922. For use in creating a tiled background (wallpaper) for your desktop display, I have uploaded an image of this saint from the following web page as posted by the parish church of Saint Lucia in San Giovanni in Fiore. http://www.parrocchiasantalucia.com/s__m__bertilla_boscardin.htm. For more background on this saint I would recommend the Katherine Rabenstein biography that may be found on this following page posted by Saint Patrick Church in Washington, D.C. http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1020.shtml

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Maranhão, Brazil. It shows an area of desert / sand dunes along the Atlantic Coast known as Lençóis Maranhenses . http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=160095544&size=l The approximate location is 02°34'19''S, 42°46'32''W.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, October 19

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to October 19". (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 33:12-23 --- Moses' vision of God --- The best illustration that I can find for this is Michelangelo's statue of Moses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Moses_San_Pietro_in_Vincoli.jpg There is a link at the bottom of the image web page back to the Wikipedia article describes it, including speculation as to the reason for the "horns".

Psalm 99 --- "Proclaim the greatness of the LORD our God and worship him upon his holy hill;" This seems to be a reference to the original temple of Israel on what is now called the Temple Mount. That space, drastically reconstructed in the intervening millenia, is now occupied by Islam's Dome of the Rock. Jewish worshippers on this holy hill now assemble at the western wall, a vestige of the second temple complex that was destroyed in 70 AD, as seen in the picture at the following site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beggs/417556122/sizes/l/

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 --- "Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:" I have uploaded an icon image of Paul, Silvanus and Timothy from an illuminated parchment copy of the Pauline epistles. This is a detail from an image posted on the web by Christopher Haas, a history professor at Villanova University. http://www29.homepage.villanova.edu/christopher.haas/ethiopian-icons.htm

Matthew 22:15-22 --- The Lesson of Tribute to Caesar - This text is illustrated by a Cerezo Barrado drawing updating the story to a 21st century setting. In this illustration, the Portuguese text on the sign translates to "We are the people of God" http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo/dibujosA/52OrdinarioA29.jpg.

Wallpaper for Saturday, October 18

The Saint of the Day is Luke, the Evangelist, author of two books in the Bible, his own gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. More background on Luke may be had at the Wikipedia article indexed as "Luke_The_Evangelist". You might prefer the Kiefer biographical entry for Saint Luke: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?10+18 For use as a tiled wallpaper background on your computer desktop display, I have uploaded a detail view from an altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna. The original is located at Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

The Landscape of the Day is a view from an unspecified location in Brazil. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/110856103/sizes/l/ .

Wallpaper for Friday, October 17

The Saint of the Day is Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr, who passed away around the year 107. Information about this saint, and the source of icon image uploaded here, may be found at http://orthodoxwiki.org/Ignatius_of_Antioch .

The Landscape of the Day is a view of the area known as Jalapão in the State of Tocantins, Brazil in the vicinity of 10°35'00''S, 46°41'00''W. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=458221291&size=o .This is not an ideal shot for wallpaper (which should be used in the stretch format), but it shows some interesting terrain and the selection of shots on the web is limited.

Wallpaper for Thursday, October 16

The Saint of the Day is Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, who passed away in 1399. Also known as Hedwig, she used her personal fortune to aid the poor, and according to one source, she entered a monastery late in life.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Para, Brazil, apparently a landscape from recently cut forest land. http://www.flickr.com/photos/saldrich/252103888/sizes/l/ This image represents an area of the world that includes the Brazilian state of Amapá.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, October 15

The Saint of the Day is Teresa of Avila, a contemplative nun who instituted reforms in her religious order, and who passed away in October 1582. An image had been uploaded here to use in creating a tiled wallpaper background for a computer monitor display. It is a detail from an eponymous painting by Peter Paul Rubens which is in the collection of the Kunsthistoriche Museum of Vienna. More about this saint may be found among James Kiefer's biographical sketches at:

http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?10+15

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Amazonas, Brazil http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaeuze/139128898/sizes/o/. This image is intended to represent an area that also includes the Brazilian state of Roraima.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, October 14

The Saint of the Day is Paraskeva the New. She was a contemplative nun, who is said to have spent most of her life in the Jordanian desert. She grew up in a town near Constantinople in the tenth century and her remains are now interred in the cathedral at Iasi, in northeastern Romania. An icon image may be found at the Orthodox Church in America site: http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp indexed under the date October 14. Scroll down that page to find her thumbnail image, which is not a bad size for use as wallpaper. If you would like one a bit larger, click on the thumbnail to bring up a higher resolution image (with a history of this saint). The higher-resolution image needs reduction to about 50%-60% of its original size.

The Landscape of the Day is the a third scene representative of Amazonas, Brazil. http://www.flickr.com/photos/viagens-caepc/361865811/sizes/o/ . It shows a house at river's edge that is dwarfed by a jungle background of açaí palms. (Please ignore the fact that this scene is actually from the Brazilian state of Amapá. Let's just say that it is representative of Amazonas, a place from which landscape photos are rarely seen on the internet.)

Wallpaper for Monday, October 13

The Saint of the Day is Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon to reign undisputedly as the King of England. (A struggle among the would-be successors to Edward led to the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror.) Edward was a godly man, who aided the poor and who was responsible for the initial construction of Westminster Abbey. He passed away on January 5, 1066, but on church calendars, he is remembered on the date that his remains were reinterred, October 13, the day before the Norman invasion. The image uploaded here is a detail from the "Wilton Diptych", a work of art in the collection of the National Gallery in London.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Amazonas, Brazil: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbspringer/803240718/sizes/l/ This view is repesentative of an area of the earth that also includes the Brazilian state of Acre.

Screensaver Imavges for Sunday, October 12

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to October 12". (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 32:1-14: The Israelites Make and Worship a Golden Calf This dramatic Bible story is illustrated by a Nicolas Poussin painting in the collecton of London's National Gallery. A image of that painting be found at Carol Gerten-Jackson's fine arts web site: http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/poussin/p-poussin6.htm

Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23: "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever." A similar antiphon is also found in Psalm 136 and that was the subject of the following graphic http://hihministries.org/archive/2006/ps13601.jpg Copyright © 2006-07 Hand-in-Hand Ministries of Connecticut.

Philippians 4:1-9: "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure ..." Some artwork from a calligrapher illustrates this verse. http://www.michaelnoyes.com/thilrg.htm © Calligraphy by Michael Noyes. You can visit this site and order a copy if you care to.

Matthew 22:1-14: The Parable of the Marraige Feast This text is illustrated with a woodcut illustration by Jerome Nadal, S.J., http://catholic-resources.org/Nadal/093.jpg ,which is posted at the Catholic Resources site of Rev. Felix Just, S.J. Loyola Institute for Spirituality

Wallpaper for Saturday, October 11

The Saint of the Day is Philip, the Deacon. Two Philips are mentioned in the New Testament. Philip, one of the 12 Apostles, was honored on May 1 with the apostle James, the son of Alpheua. Philip the Deacon, is thought to be a different individual, mentioned at two locations in the Acts of the Apostles. He is also called Philip the Evangelist for his role in the conversion of the eunuch from Ethiopia. (Acts 8:26-40) A very brief description of this saint and an image suitable for tiled wallpaper may be found at the web site of the Greek Orthodox Church in America http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=236 To use this for the stated purpose, I would reduce it to 50%-60% of its original size and apply a border. You can read a bit more about this saint through the Wikipedia article indexed as "Philip_the_Evangelist"

The Landscape of the Day will be a scene from Amazonas, Brazil. This is the largest state in Brazil, and because of its size, it will be featured here for three or four days.
The following image was selected for today.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynelindbergh/462098609/sizes/l/ This scene represents an area of the earth that also includes the Brazilian province of Rondônia.

Wallpaper for Friday, October 10

The Saint of the Day is Daniel Comboni, missionary, founder of a religious order and Bishop of Khartoum, who passed away in 1881. There is a Wikipedia article indexed as "Daniel_Comboni" and information is available at other sources.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Bolivia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ole/2907392235/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Thursday, October 9

The Saint of the Day is Abraham, the patriarch of Israel, who has been remembered on this date. His story of faith is told in the book of Genesis, chapters 12 - 25. For creating tiled wallpaper for the background of your computer desktop display an appropriate icon image may be found by going to the following Orthodox Church in Amercia web page http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp and selecting the date "October 9". Click on "Life of the Saint" for Abraham to bring a window to bring up a good high-resolution icon image. I would reduce this image to about 60% of its original size for tiled wallpaper use.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from from the mountains of Bolivia: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elizacole/2736450062/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Wednesday, October 8

The Saint of the Day is Keyne, an anchoress, from Wales who lived in the areas of England known as Somerset and Cornwall and who passed away in the approximate year 505. An image usable in PC wallpaper may be found at the following web page: http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/keynewbg.html © Nash Ford Publishing 2001. All Rights Reserved. This image is a picture of a carved statute and for tiled wallpaper you might want to crop it --- i.e. save the upper portion to a new file and use that for your wallpaper image. But don't share it with anyone, because it is copyrighted. (In my humble opinion,use on your own computer screen is fair use of anything you found on the Internet.)

The Landscape of the Day is a another scene from Peru, in the province of Cajamarca http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikemartos/1189534356/sizes/l/ .

Wallpaper for Tuesday, October 7

The Hero of the Day is Edmund Bojanowski, philanthropist, organizer of charities in Poland and founder of a religious order, (the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception) He passed away in 1871. Pope John Paul II declared him "Blessed"; the fourth of the five steps to the recognition of sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church. A brief summary of his accomplishments may be found at the following web page http://saints.sqpn.com/sainte2o.htm. A more complete account may be found at a web site maintained by or for the above-mentioned religious order. http://www.geocities.com/lsic2006/History.html . Of the individuals honored on this date, there may be others more worthy of honors. However in this space we have a unique condition --- is there an image available that will look good when used for wallpaper in a tiled format?

The Landscape of the Day is a photo that captures an iconic view from Peru, the archaeological site Machu Picchu. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosz/2115782565/sizes/l/ . The location of this site is 13°9′ 47″S, 72°32′ 44″W.

Wallpaper Images for Monday, October 6

The Hero of the Day is William Tyndale, priest, scholar, martyr, who passed away in 1536. He worked on an early translation of the Bible into the English language, and was the first to undertake this project utilizing authoritative Greek and Hebrew texts. With the invention of the printing, it had become possible to make the Bible widely available, but one had to be learned in Latin to read it. Tyndale completed only the New Testament, the Pentateuch (first five books of the Old Testament) and the book of Jonah, according to the biographical sketch by William Kiefer. http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?10+6 But his work was an important resource for the successful King James Version. Since this project was not approved by the Church, he was deemed a heretic, did most of his work in hiding and paid the price with his life.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Ecuador http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara_y_tzunki/2512311986/sizes/l/ The location is near the Equator in the Andean highlands. More specifically the photographer tells us it was taken on the way from Quilotoa (0°14'S, 78°31'W) to La Tacunga (0°55'S, 78°37'W).

Screensaver Images for October 5

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to October 3". (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 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 --- God gives Moses the Ten Commandments -- This event is illustrated by a Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcut, available at the web site of the World Mission Collection of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. http://www.wels.net/wmc/Downloads/054.gif Although the artwork is too old to copyright, the copyright holder claims credit for scanning them. Fair use of this image may only extend to use on one's own computer screen. © 2008 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. All Rights Reserved.

Psalm 19 --- The first verse of this psalm is illustrated on the following web page http://www.bibledesign.com/designs/Psalms-19vs1_1024.jpg It is available free for non-commercial use from http://www.bibledesign.com/.


Philippians 3:4b-14 --- "I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ" --- The words of St. Paul in the above passage are 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"

Matthew 21:33-46 --- The parable of the vineyard owners and his tenants -- This bible lesson is illustrated by a Jerome Nadal engraving that may be found at the following web page: http://catholic-resources.org/Nadal/091.jpg Of course the artwork is too old to be copyrighted, but there is a website copyright. Copyright © 1998--2008 by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D

Wallpaper for Saturday, October 4

The Saint of the Day is Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Friars Minor (the Francisans). He passed away in 1226. For those wishing to learn more about this well-known saint, the brief James Kiefer biography would be a good starting point http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?10+4 One aspect of his life was a love of nature and all of God's creatures, and he is therefore remembered favorably by many gardeners and by animal and bird lovers. The image uploaded here is for use in creating tiled wallpaper. It is a detail of a fresco from the entranceway to a church in the town of Assisi, Italy.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Colombia http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/South_America/Colombia/photo809690.htm The location is identified as the vicinity of Tamesis in the province of Antioquia.

Wallpaper for Friday, October 3

The Hero of the Day is Théodore Guérin, SP, abbess and missionary, who passed away in 1856 at a convent she established --- at Saint Mary of the Woods, near Terre Huate, Indiana. She was born in Brittany. Her birth name was Anne-Thérèse Guérin. More information is available at the "Theodore_Guerin" article in Wikipedia. This image has been uploaded for use in creating a tiled wallpaper background for one's computer screen display.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Colombia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahmacallen/62547821/sizes/l/ Based on the limited information provided by the photographer, my guess for the location of of this vista would be 7°33'30"N, 73°26'07"W.

Wallpaper for Thursday, October 2

The Saints of the Day are David and Constantine, Princes of Georgia, who died as martyrs in the eigth century. A thumbnail icon on the October 2 page at the following web location: http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp would be about the right size for creating a tiled wallpaper background for your computer desktop display. That page links to a popup page with a brief telling of their history and larger image of that icon.

The Landscape of the Day is scene from a coastal location in Venezuela. So far, I have not been able to identify the "Isla de Coche" geographic reference provided by the photographer.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alberto_aranguibel/245472385/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Wednesday, October 1

The Saint of the Day is Thérèse of Lisieux, OCD, a nun who was declared a "doctor of the church" by Pope John Paul II. She passed away in 1897.

For more information about this saint, known as "The Little Flower", I would recommend Katherine Rabenstein's biographical sketch at http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1001.shtml

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from far eastern Venezuela. http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneoffmanmental/57403060/sizes/l/in/set-1241590/ The location in view is Mount Roraima, the mesa swathed in clouds. At 5°12'08N, 60°44'07W, on the summit of the mesa, is the triple border point where Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil meet. This view represents an area of the world that includes Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana, as well as far eastern Venezueal.