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Images of
Ascension
& Pentecost  | GIOTTO
di Bondone
No. 38 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 22.
Ascension
1304-06
Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
Cappella
Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua |
.So
then after the Lord had spoken
unto them, he was received up into
heaven....
Matthew 16:19 While many may not be aware of
it, after Easter, the holiest day of the liturgical year is not
Christmas, but Pentecost and, by extension, the Ascension. The
parousia or Second Coming is essentially related to the Ascension of
Christ, and to the descent of the Holy Spirit. ... . . . . | |  | | | | PERUGINO,
Pietro
The Ascension of Christ
1496-98
Oil on
panel, 342 x 263 cm
Musée Municipal des Beaux-Arts, Lyon | |
..............................................................................................................................  | El
GRECO,
Pentecost
1596-1600
Oil on canvas, 275
x 127 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid |
And
when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place. And suddenly there came
a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the
house where they were sitting. And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon
each of them. And they were all filled with
the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit
gave them utterance. Acts of the Apostles
2:1-4
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*** Come, Holy
Spirit
Fill the Hearts of Thy Faithful
Enkindle in Them the Fire
of
Thy Love ***
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