Saturday, May 24, 2014

St. Ephraem: Mary and Jesus

[For the month of May, Mary's month]

“TRULY you, Lord, and your mother are the only ones who are beautiful, completely so in every respect; for, Lord, there is no spot in you, nor any spot at all in your mother.”

~St. Ephraem the Syrian: Nibisene Hymns, 27 (BK 122).

Bardi Altarpiece (detail), by Sandro Botticelli.
Tempera on panel, 1484; Staatliche Museen, Berlin.