Presently I am living while serving as chaplain at Hilltop Gardens, a retirement community in Naxxar, Malta. In 2003, I moved to the west coast serving in the Diocese of Baker in John Day, Baker City and Bend. In 1981, I started my pastoral ministry in New York, both on Long Island and upstate New York. I was ordained a priest on Jand served for 4 years in my hometown St Julian's. Jesus, 1999 to the Holy Spirit and 2000 to God the Father.īorn in St Julian's Malta on August 27, 1952, I grew up within a loving family with two parents John and Mary Cassar, both deceased, and two older sisters Josephine (deceased) and Rosemarie (husband Carmelo Garzia, deceased,) and two younger brothers, Paul (deceased,) married to Kay, and Marcel, married to Maria with two sons, Julian Jr and Peter. Three years of the last millennium to the Holy Trinity respectively, 1998 to Image he had in his bedroom at the Vatican. He also dedicated the last Pope John Paul II had special devotion to this Icon, andīesides the image of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, this is the only other
An open space in the center is an invitation for us to join this mysteryĭraped in the theology of color and arranged in a geometry of grace. Received the 10 commandments, where Jesus was transfigured, Sinai and Tabor The third angel on the right is the Holy Spirit, dressed in The tree behind him foreshadows the tree of life and The center angel isĬhrist, with two fingers blessing the offerings, and also to symbolize the There are many mansions” – notice the tower behind him. The one of the left is the Father….”in my Father’s house
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The angels thin staffs to symbolize authority, and each wearing blue plus otherĬolors, sitting around a table with a chalice like bowl in the center. Visitors is described as appearing to Abraham. In Genesis chapter 18, the image of three mysterious angelic Who look like angels represent the Trinitarian Godhead, without beginning orĮnd. Shaped to fit into a perfect circle, the three figures Russian monk Andrei Rublev in 1411 and is presently seen at the Tretyakov State Making the ceramic was a difficult operation as the firing in the furnace changes the colours.Trinity is one of the most descriptive Icons ever created. Recently a copy of this Icon in ceramic was made in the city of Hamadan for the church and this has been installed in an alcove inside the entrance gate. It is the very life of the House of Abraham. The life of the Trinity is at the heart of the Church and all our work begins and ends in this love in God and God’s love for us. You are invited to join in the life of the Trinity. There is an empty place at the table, it is a place left vacant for you.
4 Julia Stankova, The Hospitality of Abraham (Angels. The green reminds us that he is life-giving and makes us young again with his spirit of life. of Andrei Rublevs icon of the Old Testament Trinity in 1905 and the removal of its riza (met.
He wears a green garment outside the eternal blue. Jesus indicates his human and divine nature with his hand and also points to the lamb of sacrifice in the communion dish in the center of the table, reminding us of his own sacrifice on the cross. Under the tree in the center is Jesus, the Word of God. On the left is the Father in his glittering cloak, which obscures his true form. Even more clearly they are united as one, in the glance of love which passes between them. The Unity of God is shown by the circle which the three figures form. In the three angels was also seen a symbol or representation of the Three persons in the One God. Abraham to be a place of welcome for all. So the scene speaks immediately of hospitality, a value that is so valued in this part of the world. The angels are shown seated under the oak of Mamre in front of the house of Abraham, about to share the meal, which Abraham had prepared for them. The Icon depicts the three angels who are described in the book of Genesis (18:1-15) as visiting Abraham and his wife Sarah. From the earliest days of our church, Rublev’s Icon of the Trinity with its theme of Divine presence and hosptiality became something of an emblem for St.
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