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The Pyramid and the Tomb
There is a Bernini sculpture in the far left transept of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. Read →
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Wonderful and moving
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I enjoyed this essay. It made me want to read a book that's been on my list for years, Philippe Ariès' L'homme devant la mort / The Hour of Our Death. Your last few paragraphs reminded me of Kazantazkis' Christ, and also Judas, who went through rather than around.
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"And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them." Revelation 9:6
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This is a beautiful piece Will. Glory to God. Christ is everything.
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Can you get this down to a sentence or paragraph? Just challenging for a summary...
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