(my favorite) Fra Angelico, from the Convent of San Marco, in Florence. Circa 1440.
April 15, 2009
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(my favorite) Fra Angelico, from the Convent of San Marco, in Florence. Circa 1440.
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(my favorite) Fra Angelico, from the Convent of San Marco, in Florence. Circa 1440.
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St. Mary Magdalene is one of the most important female disciples of Christ, and the first to witness the resurrection. A faithful servant to Christ, and a reformed sinner, Mary Magdalene is a witness to the power of Christ's mercy.
At first she sought but did not find, but when she persevered it happened that she found what she was looking for. When our desires are not satisfied, they grow stronger, and becoming stronger they take hold of their object. Holy desires likewise grow with anticipation, and if they do not grow they are not really desires. Anyone who succeeds in attaining the truth has burned with such a great love. As David says: My soul has thirsted for the living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God? And so also in the Song of Songs the Church says: I was wounded by love; and again: My soul is melted with love.
--Sermon by Pope St. Gregory the Great
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At Mass today our priest commented that there is almost no representational art depicting the "Resurrection" in churches today. (He qualified that the so-called resurrection crucifixes represent bad theology - and do not count!!!) We are an "Easter People", yet our churches do not emphasize or even reflect this. I wonder why?
Good question! I agree that the Resurrection crosses seem to bypass Good Friday and the Incarnation...I am one of those people who needs art to be theologically correct, too :)
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