Bishop Barron says, in one of his wonderful videos, that happiness lies in surrendering completely to God’s will. He then points at Christ on the Cross, and says: there is a happy man.
With that in mind, praying that you and yours, all the visitors to this humble blog, have a happy, holy and blessed Good Friday.
Since it’s Good Friday and we’ve been discussing Bouguereau:
Yard Sale of the Mind 
Oh my!
Looking at these (and your prior post from yesterday – I won’t write the involuntary exclamation I said when I scrolled down and that first portrait jumped into view) I am amazed at the beauty and horror portrayed by this master painter. I pay no attention to Twitter so was unaware of that discussion. I somehow missed Bouguereau in my pitiful attempts at self-study of art long ago. Thank you, thank you, thank you for these posts.
Transcendent! Now I will eagerly scour the interwebs for more from Bouguereau.
May God bless you and your entire family this Triduum.
Thanks, HTH. Don’t feel bad – EVERYBODY misses Bouguereau, because he and the other Academic painters were suppressed, and only discussed to be held up for ridicule. I only found out about him more or less by accident, but at least I had not been taught to hold him in contempt.
Bouguereau.org has his complete works, but just googling his name will get them.
And God’s Easter blessings on you and yours.
Far better than photographic.
Yep. Photos only capture what’s there to the immediate senses.