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Lk 9:57-62
#	Douay-Rheims	Vulgate
57	And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.	factum est autem ambulantibus illis in via dixit quidam ad illum sequar te quocumque ieris
58	Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.	et ait illi Iesus vulpes foveas habent et volucres caeli nidos Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet
59	But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father.	ait autem ad alterum sequere me ille autem dixit Domine permitte mihi primum ire sepelire patrem meum
60	And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.	dixitque ei Iesus sine ut mortui sepeliant mortuos suos tu autem vade adnuntia regnum Dei
61	And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.	et ait alter sequar te Domine sed primum permitte mihi renuntiare his qui domi sunt
62	Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.	ait ad illum Iesus nemo mittens manum suam in aratrum et aspiciens retro aptus est regno Dei

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Madonna di Loreto

Caravaggio

1603-05
Oil on canvas, 260 x 150 cm
S. Agostino, Rome


Two pilgrims - pellegrini in Italian - kneel in prayer before the statue beside a pillar, while the Madonna and Child, living to the eyes of faith, look down on them in quiet attention. (The painting is also called Madonna dei Pellegrini.) The woman has a ruckled bonnet and the dirty soles of the man's feet are so close to the spectator that they cannot be avoided. The haloes on the sacred figures and their raised position remove them from our world, but their beauty contains no hint of arrogance - they gaze at the world with gentle sympathy.

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