![]() The Holy Family or the Sagrada Familiaīy painting it on ordinary and discarded things, the images that are often seen in the churches, gathered now a different meaning and has honed its sacred value. On it, he paints the popular images that the Catholics, Aglipayans, and other “catholic” faithful knew by heart-the crucified Christ Mary with the young Jesus, cradled on her arms the Holy Family (Jesus, Joseph, and Mary) and the faithful who prays fervently and wholeheartedly, asking for forgiveness, for grace, and for a miracle using the intercessory power of the saints, particularly of Mary, the Theotokos or the Mother of God. In his new works, Bagtas used the things that you can find everywhere and anywhere: old windows and doors from demolished houses the seat of broken stools an old luggage and scrapped timbers, just to name a few. Dohogne, “Why Catholics have crucifix rather than cross?” (23 August 2013, from ) The crucifix helps us better understand and appreciate our “theology of redemption.” – Rev. Many non-Catholics will state that “my Savior is risen” and that “having an image of the suffering Jesus on the cross takes away from the power of the Resurrection.” Catholics also believe that our Lord is risen, but we also need to be reminded of what Christ had to endure before the Resurrection could take place, namely his Passion and Death on the cross. A simple cross doesn’t have the same visual or spiritual impact. (Photo courtesy of Aris Bagtas Jr.” “The Church requires that a crucifix be visible during the celebration of Mass to remind us of the sacrifice of Jesus on the altar of the cross, which is made present for us each time we celebrate the Holy Eucharist. *** The image of the crucified Christ, in old beam of a house that has been demolished. ![]() who’s now staging his 19th exhibit in Art Asia (25 November 2016)-he simply shows the glory of the unseen God and the intercessory power of the people who lived faithfully by the Golden Rules taught by Master Jesus the Christ himself: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30, 31 New International Version of the Bible) The icon of Jesus may not look like the man Jesus two thousand years ago, but it represents some quality of Jesus, or his mother, or his followers, and so becomes an open window through which we can be given a new glimpse of the love of God.” (Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, 1980) The poster of the 19th exhibit of Bagtas, whose works have been exhibited in the Philippines and in Europe.Īnd in the art of the Bulacan-native Ernesto “Aris” C. ![]() But, the orthodox painter feels, Jesus of Nazareth did not walk around Galilee faceless. “The figure in the icon is not meant to represent literally what Peter or John or any of the apostles looked like, or what Mary looked like, nor the child, Jesus. As the late Madeleine L’Engle (29 November 1918 – 06 September 2007) puts it: While faith, in itself, is the belief in something (or someone) you cannot see (Hebrews 11:1), these icons of saints, angels, and even the perceived image of the Trinity-God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit-are but simple reminders that there is One that provides everything that you need and that these people that have halos on their heads, are meant to be imitated for they have lived a life that is full of compassion, of love, of holiness, and full of faith in God. In the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic churches, religious icons play a very important role in propagating-and keeping-the faith. ![]()
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