RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK - Easter

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory A. Disney-Britton

Ron Mueck's "Youth" c. 2009 and Carravagio's "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" c. 1601–1602

This morning we celebrate the risen Christ, but we should also celebrate that He still has His wounds, but they are no longer killing Him. Usually on Easter morning, we quickly ignore the wounds, but the entire point of Lent 2016 is to "mark" us and to change us. We always fast, as expected by Jesus (Matthew 6:16-18), but on Easter morning, we've gone back to old habits. Lent teaches that it is in changing that we honor the sacrifice. Artists from Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio in the 1600s to Ron Mueck today have used their gifts to remind us of the power of the mark. It is those marks that remind us not to repeat the same mistakes. Lent is over. How have you been marked?

Ron Mueck's "Youth"

For other NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world, see below:

• Art for Lent: Ron Mueck's "Youth" [More News]
• Art for Lent: Chris Ofili's "The Upper Room" [More News]
• Art for Lent: Jordi Pizarro's Ethiopian Christians [More News]
• Art for Lent: Lachland Warner's "Jesus is Stripped" [More News]
• Art for Lent: Mark Wallinger's "Ecce Homo" [More News]

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