The Mission

The Mission
Apostle
Apóstol
The Last Supper 
Manolete
Celeste
Mythology
Cologne
Colonial
Gulf of Mexico

Prov.69:8
"I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children."

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.”  ~~~Robert Browning

Leonardo da Vinci. 1490s (Julian). Tempera, Gesso. Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan

"The Black Legend claims that everything bad which happened in Spanish history was due to the Spanish Catholic church. The phrase seems to have originated from the black cloth worn by Phillip II and his priests."~~~James A. Michener : Texas. Ch1 Land of Many Lands...TASK FORCE

Manolete



Santa Maria delle grazie ("Holy Mary of Grace") is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. The church contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory of the convent.

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Leap
Leaf
Leader
Reader's Digest
Duty
India
Thursday 
Apostle

Mark 1:12
"And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness."

“methinks it were an easy leap/ To pluck bright honor from the pale-face’d moon”~~~Shakespeare

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"St. Matthew the Evangelist" by Camillo Rusconi (1708-1718) Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

Backwaters, Kerala, India

A woman from State of Rajasthan, India in typical regional attire.

Black Thursday, February 6th. 1851, as depicted by William Strutt in 1864

The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Australia on 6 February 1851. They are considered the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history, with approximately 5 million hectares, or a quarter of Victoria, being burnt. Twelve human lives were lost, along with one million sheep, thousands of cattle and countless native animals.

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