[Magdalen] Lenten Madness

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

Hanukkah - from the non-apocryphal story of Judas Maccabeus contained in
some Bibles' Apocrypha; and, via Handel, the inspiration for "See, the
conquering hero comes!" (with bleating trumpets and all)

Also significant contributor to holiday season overload in combined
Christian/Jewish households.

Mike M

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 1:45 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
> >
>