"PENTECOST
Come, deck our feast to-day
With flowers and wreaths of May,
And bring an offering holy, pure and sweet
The Spirit of all grace Makes earth His dwelling-place ;
Prepare your hearts your Lord with joy to meet!
O golden rain from heaven !
Thy precious drops be given
Upon the Church's waiting, thirsty field;
And let thy waters flow,
Where'er the sowers sow
The seed of Truth, that living fruit it yield.
Come, O thou trackless wind!
Breathe quickening o'er our mind ;
Let not the flesh to rule the soul aspire ;
O sunshine of pure Love !
Thy sweet glow let us prove,
And fill our hearts with thy soft quenchless fire.
O Spirit! stir our will
Its high aims to fulfil;
Be with us always when we go and come:
Deep in our spirits dwell,
And make their inmost cell
Thy temple pure, Thine ever-holy home."
Blessings
6 comments:
Do you have more information on the painting? It is amazing! Artist name and painting name would suffice. Thanks!
Hello! The painting is "The Pentecost" by Jean Restout (1732)
I apologize for not posting that originally. Many thanks for writing and
Blessings, BU
Thank you very much for the information and providing the image of the painting, may I ask how you became aware of it?
I wish I had a deeply meaningful story about the painting but in reality, in looking for an image for this post, I Googled "Pentecost painting") and was struck by this. It would be something to see the original...
Many blessings, BU
I too found this painting when looking for an image for a blog post. It certainly is striking, especially that Mary, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, is the central figure. The original is in the Louvre. I would love to see it some day.
This painting is located in the Louvre in Paris. I took a photo of it when I was there several years ago. It's huge!
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