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Marija Receives the Light, acrylic on canvas, 2018
Marija comes for the vigil on the Holy Saturday night out- side the temple with wakeful and vigilant face and candles (its flame burning brightly) in her hands to celebrate Christ’s resurrection. “Come, receive the light!” is ex- claimed three times as a promise that no matter how dark our world gets, the light will never be overtaken. After Holy Friday, she is transported to the moment “very early in the morning” when the light of the Resurrection is just begin- ning to dawn. A gladness of soul is a record of the Eucharis- tic experience.
Magic in the Moonlight, acrylic on canvas, 2018
Bathed by the light of the moon. When the beauty of the soul is illuminated by the darkness of pain. The heavens narrate the glory of God, and the poetry of His hands announces the firmament.
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