Sunday, May 19, 2013

Easter Blessings and a Giveaway!

Jesus is Risen!  
(This giveaway has ended.  Thank you to all those who joined.)

St. Alphosus de Ligouri, in "The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ," commented, "St. Laurence Justinian remarks: 'We have seen Him who is wise infatuated through an excess of love.' We have beheld Him who is eternal wisdom itself, the Son of God, become a fool for us, by reason of the too great love which he bore toward us."

I celebrate God's great love and saving work for me!  Oh, what he was willing to go through for me!  

Blessed John Henry Newman, as quoted in Evangelizo,  comments:

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Ps 118[117],24)...

This is Easter Day. Let us say this again and again to ourselves with fear and great joy. As children say to themselves, "This is the spring," or "This is the sea," trying to grasp the thought..., let us say, “This is the Day of Days, the Royal Day, the Lord's Day (Rv 1,10 Gk.). This is the Day on which Christ arose from the dead; the Day which brought us salvation”. It is a Day which has made us greater than we know...

We have had enough of weariness, and dreariness, and listlessness, and sorrow, and remorse. We have had enough of this troublesome world. We have had enough of its noise and din...But now there is stillness; and it is a stillness that speaks... such is our blessedness now. Calm and serene days have begun; and Christ is heard in them, and His “still small voice” (1Kgs 19,12), because the world speaks not. Let us only put off the world, and we put on Christ (Eph 4,22; Rm 13,14)... May that unclothing be unto us a clothing upon of things invisible and imperishable! May we grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, season after season, year after year, till He takes us to Himself... into the kingdom of His Father and our Father, His God and our God (Jn 20,17). 

And to celebrate this "Day which has made us greater than we know..." I'm having an Easter giveaway!  Celebrate with me and let me know if you would like to have the chance to win "Easter Angel," this original  5" x 7" mixed media painting (watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil on paper).  I made it especially for you, my visitors and blog friends.  If you follow my blog through Google Friends Connect (in the sidebar) or Google+ (top of the page) or if you shared about my giveaway, let me know in separate comments and get extra entries to the giveaway.  My giveaway ends on May 19, Pentecost Sunday, which marks the end of the Easter Season this year.


A blessed Easter season, dearest visitors and blog friends!  "May we grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, season after season, year after year, till He takes us to Himself... into the kingdom of His Father and our Father, His God and our God (Jn 20,17)."

50 comments:

  1. I love it! Happy Easter to you. I also follow via GFC

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  2. Beautiful work! May you have a blessed Easter.

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  3. Easter Blessings to you. Your artwork is beautiful, as are your comments and quotes. Kate xx

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  4. Happy Easter! Wonderful art work :)
    Manonx

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  5. Happy Easter and lovely creations ~ admire your strength of faith ~ Happy Day ^_^

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  6. Beautiful! I follow through GFC, Google +, Bloglovin and I follow you also when you call "Kagawaaaaad!" :^) This entry is just for fun! Could not resist! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  7. what a wonderful piece! I will look for the google+ button soon

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  8. Absolutely GORGEOUS, Peggy. This amazing piece of art is going to be a real treasure and blessing to the winner of your giveaway. Thanks for being so generous, and for sharing your beautiful art in our challenges. You are such a blessing!
    Karen
    Word Art Wednesday

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  9. Love your artwork here. I especially like the passion and intensity of emotions flowing from the first piece. Happy Easter!

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  10. Happy Easter to you Peggy - beautiful artwork as always!

    Create With Joy
    http://create-with-joy.com

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  11. Would absolutely love to win this angel--I admire your work so much and love your heart for God most of all.

    Thank you for making this available to one of us.

    Easter miracles to you!

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  12. He is risen! A wonderful Easter to you and yours. That is a very lovely angel!

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  13. The Lord is risen in deed, Alleluia! I love your portrait of Christ, as well as your beautiful angel. Blessings!

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  14. A lovely angel painting...happy Easter to you!

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  15. Beautiful words and artwork.
    Happy Easter and HPPF. Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  16. Two lovely paintings. I especially love the bottom one.

    Happy Easter!

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  17. The painting is beautiful, and wouldn't mind winning it! I follow on GFC as well.

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  18. fabulous artwork! I hope you had have a happy easter!

    I really adore this angel and yes would be happy to win!

    xxx Susi
    with an invitation to you to our new theme for april over on
    ART-JOURNAL-JOURNEY

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  19. This post made me tear up...but with a smile on my face, too. It's so hard to fathom a love so pure but luckily I don't have to understand it, just believe in it and accept it.

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  20. I love this! It is absolutely GORGEOUS! What a beautiful reminder of this wonderful time.

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  21. This is a second comment just to say I am also a follower. Blessings. kate x

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  22. Happy Resurrection Day! I love your art and your love of God and His word. Blessings!
    Sue

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  23. Beautiful art and wonderful commentary. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  24. It's a truly beautiful piece - please include my in your giveaway.

    Easter Greetings to you too.

    Karen x

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  25. I am not in for the price. The painting are beautiful what do you use? Is it paint or water colours.

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  26. i would love to have your painting. thank you for being a blessing peggy. Happy Easter!

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  27. I have followed you under my name elisa at google plus:)

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  28. I love your journals, you're art work is truly beautiful, thank you for sharing with us, I hope you will include me in your giveaway, many blessings peggy.
    Hayley x

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  29. It is beautiful.....I love the bible verses you included in your post. what a blessing. I already follow your blog!

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  30. I love this - it's so beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win. Not sure how I missed it earlier.
    Rinda

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  31. Une très jolie oeuvre pour accompagner votre belle publication.
    Gros bisous

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  32. Joyeuses Pâques à vous également...
    De très belles oeuvres pour illustrer cette dernière publication.
    Gros bisous

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  33. Your art pieces are amazing. Beautifully done. SueC

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  34. This is gorgeous Peggy!
    May 19 would have been my mum's 99th birthday!

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  35. Dear Peggy ... I am in AWE of your work, it is so inspiring, lovely and honestly gives me such joy & hope! I would love to know if your artwork is for sale? Our church supports a home for troubled girls, my friend & I decorate composition notebooks for them to use as journals for their therapy sessions, we use beautiful papers, stickers, inspirational verses, quotes and I would love to somehow share with them your artwork. We donate 150-200 a year to New Life (girls home). Look forward to hearing from you and again ... your artwork is so precious!

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  36. I follow by google connect and I am posting about this on my blog http://journalingbyfaith.blogspot.com/
    Love your work, you are such an inspiration!

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  37. its so beautiful!!! You know I am a follower!

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  38. Peggy, your blog is so inspiring. Your paintings are wonderful but your delight in the Lord is even more wonderful and encouraging. It lifts my spirit to read what you write.
    God bless you.

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  39. Your artwork is truly a gift to us all! I am the troop coordinator for a girls' scouting group that focuses on Christ, the girls' relationship to him and the growth of their Catholic faith. I am working on an event for our girls that includes outdoor activities tying those activities with saints and their lives. I have loved your artwork for a while and was wondering if you would be so kind to contact me at ahgwv82@gmail.com. I would like to request your permission to use one of your drawings in our event patch. The patches will not be sold and we will not profit from them in any way. The event itself has a fee because we have to feed them and provide the camping facilities. There is no profit there either. The patches are given to the girls as a reminder of their participation and the lessons learned during the event. I appreciate your consideration.

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