{"id":6464,"date":"2022-04-08T11:42:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6464"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:41:17","slug":"les-mysteres-de-la-passion-de-la-resurrection-et-de-lascension-du-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6464","title":{"rendered":"Les Myst\u00e8res de la Passion, de la R\u00e9surrection et de l’Ascension du Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Christians, we are about to enter the mysteries of Holy Week. Christ enters Jerusalem, is crucified by the temple leaders, and then rises from the dead – an act which opens the gates of eternal life for humanity. There is so much going on in such a few short days, one can barely keep up with it all. It’s no wonder the different events of Holy Week have been the subject of countless masterpieces over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my first trip to Paris, I did the tourist things like visiting the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. But what’s much more interesting is that when I left the hall, I saw a painting that captivated me far more than fair Lisa. A painting by Antonio Campi called The Mystery of the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ (1569).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is fascinating about it is that the more you look at it, you see all the events of Holy Week until the Ascension of Christ in one picture. I spent a lot of time looking at it and finding all the different parts. There is so much detail in this one giant painting! Just some of the events are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n