Japanese architect Tadao Ando is known for his minimalist concrete structures. Celebrities like Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, and Tom Ford adore his work.
WONJU, Gangwon Province - Even after losing five of his organs to cancer, Tadao Ando still burns with a youthful zest for life. The 81-year-old architect s mammoth apple sculpture, now greeting art lovers at Museum SAN with its evergreen surface, is his way of extolling the virtues of youth “to which everyone, regardless of age, is entitled as long as they are alive.”
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
The history and commentary for this ancient, shared collect is found here: collect for Lent 4.
Lent 4 is Refreshment Sunday, marking the half-way point in the season from the first Sunday in Lent. The tradition of visiting the mother church of the diocese on this day, and of apprentices and servants visiting their parents, also led to it being called “Mothering Sunday”. It is also called Laetare Sunday from the introit, and this joyful pause (
Laetare is Latin for “Rejoice”) in the Lenten discipline can be marked by rose vestments.