Corpus Christi Watershed

“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)

Views from the Choir Loft

Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #30

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Jules Breton won a prize in 1857 for his painting: Blessing of the Wheat, Artois.

268 The blessing of the wheat fields in Artois (1857)


Look closely … do those vestments look familiar?

267 Jules Breton


Wow! Similar vestments were used in the Campion Missal:

262 Confiteor


All the vestments used in the Campion Missal were more than 200 years old.

Here’s an extremely high quality download for you:

      * *  1857 • Jules Breton — Blessing of the Wheat Fields in Artois (PDF)


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