And they saw the tomb was empty…(Mark 16)

When Jesus was resurrected, becoming for us the Christ, in that moment, the world was changed forever for his believers.

Earth burst into blossom. Earth glowed with light in the deep night of time.

Everything, all creation, was illuminated with divine light, hope.

AS SUCH, I PAINTED THE STATIONS OF THE RESURRECTION (Via Lucis-The Way of Light)

And they saw the tomb was empty_ViaLucis1_painting on glass by AVonnHartung
And they saw the tomb was empty.

The intense color is meant to bring this miraculous change into our consciousness.

The colors are super infused with hue. Each color becomes the heightened essence of itself. To the uninformed eye, these “stained glass” windows on the Resurrection might look fantasia-like. They’re meant to be, however,  simple in form and basic in color.

 

"Mary Magdalene encounters the risen Jesus" ViaLucis2 painting on glass by AVonnHartung
Mary Magdalene encounters the risen Jesus.

The figures show emotion in their gestures, their exaggerated movements. This is to show that reality was turned on its head.

Something so unbelievable had occurred that it changed consciousness forever.

The world became full of hope and meaning because death had lost its power and its grip on humanity.

Hallelujah! He has risen!

"After the Resurrection Jesus appears to the women" ViaLucs3 painting on glass by AVonnHartung
After the Resurrection, Jesus appears to the women

These 14 Stations of the Resurrection (Via Lucis) adorn the upper reaches of the nave of Capilla San Juan Bosco in Orocovis (Barrio Gato), Puerto Rico. Padre Jorge Santiago Cartagena, SDB, commissioned them. Twelve similar windows were also commissioned by Padre Jose Luis Gómez, SDB for the church San Juan Bosco in Villa Palmeras, San Juan.

In 1998 Father Sabino Palumbieri, Salesian priest and professor of theological anthropology in Rome, “proposed the creation of a new set of stations [to complement the Stations of the Cross] centered upon the resurrection and the events following it to emphasize the positive hopeful aspect of the Christian story which, though not absent from the Stations of the Cross, is obscured by their emphasis upon suffering. The first major public celebration of this devotion was in 1990…”
It was officially sanctioned by the Vatican in 2001. (From Wikipedia-“Stations of the Resurrection”)

1 Response

  1. Vonn,

    These are beautiful, a ray of hope and Blessing, divinely inspired by our Lord and Savior. It was great to get to meet you, it could not have been more fitting than at our tour of WHS, and viewing your portrait of “Doc”. Thanks.

    Jeff

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