Vatican Museum: Beauty that
unites! 3
Beauty creates communion. It unites onlookers from a
distance, uniting past, present and future. Pope Francis has recalled this on a
number of occasions. The Church has always translated the universality of the
Good News into the language of art. From this premise, this dramatic moment in
history characterized by uncertainty and isolation, gives rise to this
initiative which is a partnership between the Vatican Museum and Vatican News:
Masterpieces from the Vatican Collection accompanied by comments from the words
of the Popes.
Nicholas of Liberatore, known as The Pupil (c.
1430-1502), The Coronation of the Virgin, deposed Christ and Saints,
known as “Polyptych of Montelparo”, tempera and gold on wood, 1466, Vatican
Art Gallery. ©Musei Vaticani
©Musei Vaticani
A time of suffering, in which one could be tempted
to abandon oneself to discouragement and hopelessness,
can thus be transformed into a time of grace
so as to return to oneself,
and like the prodigal son of the parable,
to think anew about one’s life,
recognizing its errors and failures,
longing for the embrace of the Father,
and following the pathway to his home.
He, in his great love, always and everywhere
watches over our lives and awaits us so as to
offer to every child that returns to him
the gift of full reconciliation and joy.
to abandon oneself to discouragement and hopelessness,
can thus be transformed into a time of grace
so as to return to oneself,
and like the prodigal son of the parable,
to think anew about one’s life,
recognizing its errors and failures,
longing for the embrace of the Father,
and following the pathway to his home.
He, in his great love, always and everywhere
watches over our lives and awaits us so as to
offer to every child that returns to him
the gift of full reconciliation and joy.
(Benedict XVI, 20th World day of Sick, 2012)
Under the direction of: Paolo Ondarza
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