23rd May – Therese Murray is an accomplished painter. She had once an Exhibition of her watercolor paintings at the Victorian Artists’ Society Galleries, Melbourne. Therese came to visit us in one of ourFriday night gatherings at DMC. The purpose of her visit was to see her painting in the Rector’s office that was hanging there for the last two years. As soon as she saw her masterpiece, she cried out like a child in bliss, “My painting! Look at my painting! It’s still there!” She pointed at her own signature on the painting; then she gazed at her piece of art for a while, wrapped in ecstatic joy. ***
An early century mystic, Macarius the Great, maintained that Christ is a portrait artist. As an artist He gazes continually at his object-model. And His object-model in turn continually gazes at Him. In this way He can accomplish His masterpiece (Homily XXX). ***
Paul wrote to
the Ephesians: “We are God’s work of art” (2:10 – JB). And Genesis tells us that God created humans in His own “image and likeness” (Gen. 1:27). … Now aren’t these enough reasons to propel us: you and me into joyful ecstasy like artist Therese Murray? ~
An early century mystic, Macarius the Great, maintained that Christ is a portrait artist. As an artist He gazes continually at his object-model. And His object-model in turn continually gazes at Him. In this way He can accomplish His masterpiece (Homily XXX). ***
Paul wrote to
the Ephesians: “We are God’s work of art” (2:10 – JB). And Genesis tells us that God created humans in His own “image and likeness” (Gen. 1:27). … Now aren’t these enough reasons to propel us: you and me into joyful ecstasy like artist Therese Murray? ~
