Looking over the options for saints for today (and discovering too late that it’s the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), I stumbled upon Saint Heimerad who, despite his weird name has a kind of cool story, most notably with his nickname, “Fool for Christ.”
He apparently had difficulty with living in community, was expelled from his first abey over a dispute about his attire, was rejected from a second monastery and driven from several more places before finally his holiness was recognized and people began coming to the hermit for counsel and advice. Somewhat ironically for a guy who couldn’t get along with other people in community, an abbey was built around the church built over his grave.
I feel like the mock woodcut stuff is getting better. I’ve stopped cheating on faces and I seem to have something acceptable on that front, although hands are still a challenge to get right.
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