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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Holy Saturday art: "He descended into hell..."

Yeah that's today. 

I love the story the Faranda family guru, the late Fr. Benedict Groeschel, liked to tell:

"No doubt the arrival of Jesus in Hell/Limbo was quite spectacular - The Harrowing of Hell - and quite terrifying for the inhabitants. Except for one man, who walks up to Jesus and says 'Tell me, how is your mother' ..."

By Tintoretto, "Descent into Hell" about 1580

Descent-into-hell-1568 tintoretto

Andrea Mantegna, 1470, "Jesus entering Limbo"

DescentLimbo 1470, Andrea Mantegna

Not sure of the source, but I like it - carrying the cross

Descended no painter

And this, from a Church in Istanbul

Jesus_istanbul_church

Saturday, March 26, 2016 |

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Ellen Mullin

Thank you for these.

Posted by: Ellen Mullin | Monday, March 28, 2016 at 10:23 AM

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