God in the Gentle Wind

That’s quite a dinner party going on here. Let’s listen to a part of the conversation:

Andrew: Jesus?

Jesus: I’m right here, Andrew

Andrew: Jesus, I was sitting in church this morning and found myself trying to listen to your father. I heard many words, but I had a hard time hearing what he was saying. Can you help me out here?

Jesus: Of course I can. But I’m a bit busy right now hosting this dinner. I’ll send you to a very special friend of mine who is here with me. He has a lot to say. In fact, he wrote a book. His name is Charlie.

Andrew: I know him. I call him “Friend”.

Jesus: Great! Just be a Millennial and follow the links below.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

1. Cave Artists and the Cattle of Lascaux
2. Egyptian Tombs: Art for Eternity
3. A Medieval Pieta: God as Man and Man as Child
4. Music of Pure Prayer: “Christus factus est obediens” and the Medieval Chant “Requiem”
5. Giotto: A Pre-Renaissance Pieta
6. Michelangelo’s Pietas: Scale and the Supernatural
7. Music of Perfection: Victoria’s “Requiem” and Palestrina’s
8. Creation of Adam: Humans in the Image of God
9. Bruges Madonna and Child: God in Human Image
I0. At Supper with the Lord – and Leonardo: “God and Man at Table Are Sat Down”
11. Eternity in an Hour: El Greco’s “Burial of the Count of Orgaz “
12. Music of Power: Gilles: A Baroque “Requiem”
Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” and “Worthy is the Lamb”
and Bach’s “Mass in B Minor”
13. Power in Weakness: Bernini’s “The Ecstasy of St. Teresa”
14. Human Passion in Sacred Art: Caravaggio’s “Deposition” and “The Supper at Emmaus”
15. Music of Precision: Mozart’s “Ave verum corpus” and “Requiem”
16. Classical Balance: David’s “The Death of Marat”
17. Music of Passion: The “Requiems” of Berlioz and Verdi
18. Music of Peace: Faure’s “Requiem”
19. Let There Be Light: Monet’s “Rouen Cathedral”
Rouault’s “Christ Mocked by the Soldiers” and Kandinsky’s “Accent in Pink”
20. Like a Dream: Dali’s “Corpus Hypercubus” and
“The Sacrament of the Last Supper”
21. Music of Pain: Britten’s “War Requiem”and Gorecki’s “Symphony Number 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
22. A Conclusion and a Beginning: Lovers in the Hands of God and Rodin’s “Hand of God”

Afterword: Mary’s Music: “The Rock that Blocked the Cave” and Diana’s Sculpture: “Judas Begging Jesus for Forgiveness”