PENTECOST EXHIBITION (2017)
/We have coupled our CATC gallery with the liturgical year, providing us with a constant rehearsal of the life story to which all Christians find their lives conformed. After all, it is through rehearsal that we come to experience the mystery of which Paul testifies: “it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” (Gal 2.20)
Historically, Pentecost is one of the great feasts of Christianity and it commemorates not only the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Disciples, but also the fruits and effects of that event - the completion of the work of redemption, the fullness of grace for the Church and its children, and the gift of faith for all nations. In the Christian liturgical year it became a feast commemorating what is described by some Christians as the "Birthday of the Church".
It is celebrated 50 days from Easter Sunday, counting Easter Sunday itself, 49 days or 7 weeks after Easter Sunday. Therefore it always occurs on a Sunday. So we’re looking at June 4th.
Artists were asked to consider these texts as they prepared -
Luke 22:12–13 and Acts of the Apostles 2:1–31.
