I didn't know about this huge icon triptych that was commissioned for the World Meeting of Families in Ireland. With the title Amoris Laetitia under the central image of the Holy Family, it is outstanding; luminous and quietly monumental.
The icon(s), painted by Mihai Cucu, was venerated at the pontifical Mass. Also the altar cross used for the Mass is a beautiful penal cross dating from 1763. It is probably a second-class relic. Who knows.
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| "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." |
Who would have known about these wonderful liturgical contributions under the consensus of the faithful, when people are jumping the gun to declaim their condemnation of some mildly newfangled vestments, which in situ - on the wearers in an outdoor environment - don't actually look half as bad as the critics claim?
Oh well.
"Jesus, in fact, wants to shake the Scribes and the Pharisees from the error in which they have fallen, and, what is this error? It is that of distorting the Will of God, neglecting His Commandments to observe human traditions. Jesus’ reaction is severe because much is at stake: it’s about the truth of the relationship between man and God, the authenticity of religious life. A hypocrite is a liar; he isn’t genuine.
"Also today, the Lord invites us to flee from this danger of giving more importance to form than to substance. He calls us to recognize ever anew what is the true center of the experience of faith, namely, love of God and love of neighbor, purifying it from the hypocrisy of legalism and ritualism." --Pope Francis, September 2 Angelus Address
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