On a recent trip to New York, I visited the Cloisters for the first time in many years. What a treasure house of beauty and peace! One of the paintings that most impressed me was a triptych from the School of Rogier van der Weyden, with a lovely representation of the embrace of Mary and Elizabeth. Clearly, all four were rejoicing.van der Weyden

Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, has contributed to Commonweal for fifty years. A selection of his essays and reviews, some of which first appeared in Commonweal, has been published as Christ Brings All Newness (Word on Fire Academic).

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