Visual Food For Our Contemplation - Fra Angelcio

Some of us employ words to fuel our contemplation. Others like early Renaissance painter, Fra Angelico (Blessed John of Fiesole 1395-1455), whose feast day Dominicans celebrated on February 18, 2012, used paint brushes to nourish hungry souls.

1- (The Nativity)

2-(The Crucifixion)

3 - (The Christ Crucified)

                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                          

4- (Lamentation)

                                                            
                        
His depiction of our Father Dominic in many of these scenes is a reminder of where we should also fruitfully place ourselves during times of meditation and contemplation.

And of course, we need to spend time with our Blessed Mother:

5- (The Madonna and Child)

                                                     
Fra Angelico pray for us!

(Sources: 1 and 2: Convent of San Marco, Florence; Images 3 and 4:Wikimedia Commons; and Image 5:Staatliche Museen, Berlin)