SACRED ART IN 100 WORDS
Holy Trinity
Masaccio
C 1426 – 1428
Santa Maria Novella, Florence
The painter invites us to dwell upon the ‘Throne of Grace’. The Merciful Father presents to us the ‘Body of Christ’ (the Holy Eucharist). The Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus in the form of a Dove. The Sorrowful Virgin leads us to her Son, while St. John the Evangelist is seen receiving this great mystery of love. At the bottom notice the sarcophagus with a skeleton. Above this Memento Mori is the words – ‘I once was what you are and what I am you also will be.’ Amidst the inevitability of death, the artist reminds us that eternal life and salvation rest in the saving love of the Holy Trinity.
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Fr. Warner D'Souza is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Bombay. He has served in the parishes of St Michael's, Mahim, St Paul's, Dadar East, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bandra and at present is the priest in charge of St Jude Church, Malad East. He is also the Director of the Archdiocesan Heritage Museum and is the co-ordinator of the Committee for the Promotion and Preservation of the Artistic and Historic Patrimony of the Church.
