The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve Curtayne Hard Times

Hard Times

embittered and impetuous

Counted as the first of Willa Cather’s many literary masterpieces

God does not consider what we possess

John of the Cross (1542–1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest and Carmelite friar

The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve Curtayne Hard TimesBy Paul Horgan The Castillo brothers are artists in the craft of saintmakingcuring, carving, plastering, and painting dead wood into lifelike statues of Gods blessed ones. As boys, the brothers received this talent from a Franciscan friar, who saw in them the capacities to wield it well. The brothers were fashioned by God to constitute, between them, that which it took to make a work of faith, which was the same thing as saying a work of art. Roberto