Day 186: Power From On High
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I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast. We're through prayer and meditation. The Rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world. The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. This is day 186. download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to 33777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to the podcast is in the Ascension app. There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars.
I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in the Year Prayer Guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to compliment this podcast. You'll find all the daily readings of scripture, saint reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art we'll be reflecting on. Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the third glorious mystery, the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, with help from a painting of Pentecost, of the descent of the Holy Spirit, by the artist Simone Pietrizzano. This painting is found in the Basilica Santa Euphemia. Now brief introduction to our artists and artworks. Simone Pietrizzano, born in the year 1535, died in the year 1599. He was an Italian Mannerist painter born in Bergamo.
He trained in Venice, possibly under Titian, though his style more closely aligns with Tintoretto and Veronese. He's active in Milan from the 1570s and he became known for religious frescoes and altarpieces. His most famous pupil was Caravaggio, whose chiaroscuro technique may derive from Pieter Zano's experiments. And the painting we're going to be looking at today was done in the year 1580. And some artistic style notes, as you'll notice, Venetian roots, warm luminous palette and dynamic brushwork, mannerist drama, for example, through the elongated figures, theatrical gestures, and the counter-reformation rigor, like simplified compositions to avoid censure, which heightened decorum. And now a description of our painting.
The Virgin Mary clothed in robes of blue and red, seated on a central elevated block, folds her arms across her chest and closes her eyes as light from above shines on her and her companions. Above her a white dove, the radiant epicenter of golden light sends out bright beams through the darkness in all directions towards each person present. Cherub angels gather at the top of the scene facing the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove with focus and adoration. The light casts shadow down Mary's defined features. She is joined by women in violet garments to her right and left. They are closely surrounded by the eleven disciples who gather around her, standing on a marble floor. The richly clothed crowd gazes at the dove in awe and silence.
A single pillar of orange flame hovers above each of their heads. I have long been fascinated by how good we are as Catholics at Lent, particularly in contrast to what we do for Easter. I guess what I mean by this is I'm just interested in like how excited, right? And how much buy-in Catholics give to Lent. Even non-practicing Catholics are gonna do something for Lent. And in Catholic media spaces, it's probably the busiest time of the year. Everyone's got their Lenten devotionals and programs, et cetera. And Catholics, we're kind of awesome at it. We really get into it and we take it serious and we really step up. But then we have Easter. And the Easter season, And not to be like flippant, but for Easter and the Easter season for like Catholics, it's kind of like crickets.
Like there's just not a lot out there. And anecdotally, if you ask a Catholic, hey, what are you doing for Lent? They will almost always have an answer. If you ask a Catholic, hey, like what are you doing for Easter? They're probably going to look at you a little bit confused. But we are Catholic.
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–5:48
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What painting and mystery are we reflecting on for Pentecost and where is it located?
5:48–7:33
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Who was Simone Peterzano and what is notable about his artistic style?
7:33–13:07
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How does the painting of Pentecost visually depict Mary, the apostles, and the Holy Spirit?
13:07–14:37