[Magdalen] Lenten Madness

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2018 8:35 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Lenten Madness
>
>I figure it's an assumption from the phrase "fell to the ground" and that
>it's assumed the journey he was on would have required (or commonly
>involved) a horse.
>
>On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 12:45 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Grace, if you're interested in this, just open up Google search engine and
>> click on the word "images" over on the right. Then input "conversion of st
>> paul"
>>
>> There are dozens of renderings by great painters, and almost all of them
>> show Paul having been knocked off his horse. It's one of those
>> extra-biblical traditions, like Hanukkah.
>>
>> I'm not sure where the tradition comes from, but I'm sure M or some other
>> person will be happy to tell us allll about it.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > James,
>> > I have looked and looked, and I can’t find any mention in Scripture of
>> > Paul’s being on a horse.
>> >
>> > Kind of like the idea that there were 3 Wise Men...   no number and no
>> > names ever show up.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Lenten Madness has begun and started with a smack-down between Peter
>> and
>> > > Paul.
>> > >
>> > > It looks like Peter is edging out Paul.
>> > >
>> > > Several folks claimed that Peter was the patron of screw-ups, but it
>> > seems
>> > > to me Paul certainly qualifies as one who messed pretty darn badly
>> also,
>> > > and finally admitted the error of his ways when Jesus knocked him off
>> his
>> > > horse.
>> > >
>> > > Peter denied Christ several times, but Paul was instrumental in the
>> death
>> > > of some of Christ's followers. There had to have been a tremendously
>> > > difficult task of reconciliation there. I certainly couldn't go through
>> > > that.
>> > >
>> > > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> > > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>> preserved,
>> > > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>> >
>>
>
>He may have been riding in a chariot considering the prominence of his employers
St. Luke may have left details to the imagination and if his artistic second career was in play he may have imagined the artistic repercussions of his tale.

Jod
>
>-- 
>Scott R. Knitter
>Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA