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St. Basil the Great

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by Brian in Parish Shrines, Saints

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St. Basil the Great, a doctor of the Church. The Georgian iconographer, Niki Chocheli from the former Soviet Republic, enlarged the saints forehead, portraying the expanded mindset of Basil.

“Everybody looks for the good, therefore everyone looks for God.” St. Basil

On this feast day of St. Basil the Great,
the Entrance Antiphon; (Cf. Sirach 44:15, 14)
“Let the peoples recount the wisdom of the Saints,
and let the Church proclaim their praise. Their names will live on and on.”

St. Philomena Church

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Jan Van Eyck, “The Adoration of the Lamb” 1432 from the Ghent Alterpiece. Detail: The red altar where the lamb stands reads, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world” and “Jesus the way, the truth, and the life”, both quotes from Gospel of John. In this image and in the book of Revelation the Lamb is Jesus. Directly around the Lamb on the altar are angels who are carrying the instruments in the Passion scenes, like the cross and crown of thorns.

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Unknown's avatarThere's beauty in sacred spaces; from the stories they tell in architecture, stained glass windows and icons; to the rituals and liturgy that arises our soul. Inside a shrine, the angels and saints praise God with us. I hope to relay the message for the kingdom, power and glory of God, now and forever.

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