The Lord's Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. | Blessed Mother Mary and Lord Jesus Christ

When Faith Becomes Pain Painted in 1872 by Ivan Kramskoi, Christ in the Desert is one of the most powerful works of Russian realism. It shows Jesus sitting alone at dawn, in a cold and silent expanse of sand. Exhausted, his gaze lowered, he faces not a visible enemy, but his own temptation — that of despair and doubt. Kramskoi worked on this theme for a long time. An earlier version, painted in 1867, did not satisfy him: he wanted to convey not divine glory, but the inner struggle of a man on th