Figure of Christ
Detail of work in the church of St Felix, Felixstowe, in which Tom Denny gives us a modern interpretation of St Faustina's Divine Mercy revelations. Installed in autumn 2018, this is one of a pair of windows illustrating the story. In this window Christ is shown in the right hand light, one hand raised in blessing and the other across his chest, whilst rays of red and white light emanate from his body, which the artist describes in St Faustina's own words as 'the pale ray stands for the Water that makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the Life of Souls'.
In the left hand light a line of clearly exhausted refugees emerges into the light emanating from Christ and the suggestion is that they have been the victims of the, 'terrible, terrible war' that Faustina had predicted just before her death in 1938 and which soon turned to reality with the outbreak of World War II , which hit her native Poland so hard.
Behind the figures is a dramatic red sky and a forested landscape with a blurry skyline behind, suggestive of Vilnius, the city in which Faustina lived for many years and which was, during her lifetime, still part of Poland. The tiny top light, too distant for my camera to record adequately, shows the Risen Christ and Mary Magdalene in the garden, after the Resurrection.
Figure of Christ
Detail of work in the church of St Felix, Felixstowe, in which Tom Denny gives us a modern interpretation of St Faustina's Divine Mercy revelations. Installed in autumn 2018, this is one of a pair of windows illustrating the story. In this window Christ is shown in the right hand light, one hand raised in blessing and the other across his chest, whilst rays of red and white light emanate from his body, which the artist describes in St Faustina's own words as 'the pale ray stands for the Water that makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the Life of Souls'.
In the left hand light a line of clearly exhausted refugees emerges into the light emanating from Christ and the suggestion is that they have been the victims of the, 'terrible, terrible war' that Faustina had predicted just before her death in 1938 and which soon turned to reality with the outbreak of World War II , which hit her native Poland so hard.
Behind the figures is a dramatic red sky and a forested landscape with a blurry skyline behind, suggestive of Vilnius, the city in which Faustina lived for many years and which was, during her lifetime, still part of Poland. The tiny top light, too distant for my camera to record adequately, shows the Risen Christ and Mary Magdalene in the garden, after the Resurrection.