Tina Grace 我要唱那天主的榮耀
奇異恩典 何等甘甜
今天是複活節前聖周四，紀念主最後的晚餐。 周四最後的晚餐，周五主受難日，和聖周六晚間的守夜禮被稱為“Easter Triduum", 三日慶典。
這幅掛毯的照片是我在梵蒂岡博物館拍的。最後的晚餐，天主如此愛了世人，不惜屈尊就卑，降生成人，祂分享了我們的人性，也讓我們分享祂的神性，收獲那一份永恒不變舍己的愛。在逾越節最後的晚餐，祂拿起酒杯，祝聖了，說“這是我的血，新而永久的盟約之血，為你們和大眾所傾流。。。”There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.
最後的晚餐建立聖體聖事，此後的每一場彌撒都稱為主的晚餐the Lord's Supper，it is the sharing on the table that is the ultimate goal. We receive His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. 有一次我夢到祂對我說：“I know your cup, I went through the same, I am always with you.” 從此我每次領聖體聖血多了許多感動。是呀，主耶穌在山園祈禱，曾說：“父啊，一切為你都可能：請給我免去這杯吧，但是不要照我所願意的，唯照您的意願成就吧！” 我想我們把自己的杯倒空，才更多接受祂的杯爵，蒙愛的生命，“福杯滿溢”。
下麵由網上收集來一些最後晚餐的名作。
1. Duccio's Last Supper(1308-11)
This dramatic gathering has been a source of inspiration for the visual arts. The first paintings of The Last Supper were quite static - as can be seen in the works of Duccio (1308-11) and Ghirlandaio (1480). All figures are nicely seated in their chair, despite the fact that they have just learned of their master's coming betrayal.
2 Domenico Ghirlandaio's Last Supper(1480)
A difficult problem for all painters of the tableau is the grouping of the figures. Duccio chose a reasonably credible one: everyone is seated around a table. A drawback of this grouping is that the faces of some of the followers are not visible. Ghirlandaio has them seated behind a long table opposite the traitor Judas, who sits alone.
3.Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper(1495-98)
Leonardo da Vinci effected a breakthrough with his Last Supper (approx. 1495-98). Not only is Judas fully included in the group, but the figures are engaged in lively interaction. Da Vinci's fresco inspired numerous Renaissance artists and Baroque painters. Despite many restorations, the most recent in 1999, the work is in bad condition, due to the technique used on the wall, which has insufficient sticking power. In addition, the hall was used as a stable for some time, and bombed during World War II.
4. Hans Holbein the Younger(1524-25)
Three disciples are missing from Holbein's painting. They may have been lost when the work was damaged during the Reformation's Iconoclasm in Basel. At the same occasion, Jesus' head was sawed from the altar piece (to be put back later).Holbein chose approximately the same grouping as Leonardo da Vinci (his version), but used a smaller table and different facial expressions. A common aspect of both paintings is Peter whispering in John's ear.Panel made of lime tree wood.
5. Rome Jacopp Bassano1542; Oil on canvas; Galleria Borghese, Rome
Jacopo Bassano's Last Supper is one of the masterpieces of 16th-century Italian painting. Instead of the elegant grouping of figures in Leonardo's painting, which inspired it, this dramatic scene features barefoot fishermen at the crucial moment when Christ asks who will betray him, and the light passing through a glass of wine stains the clean tablecloth red.
Recent restoration has only now revealed the extraordinary original colours, which had been heavily painted over in the 19th century, when the emerald green and iridescent pinks and oranges were not in fashion.
6.Juan de Juanes (1560)
A harmonious painting by the Spanish painter Juan de Juanes. Strangely enough the faces of most disciples seem to radiate mostly adoration – and this while they have just heard that their master is about to be betrayed. In the front right, the traitor Judas, for better recognition he has been equipped with a money pouch.
In the foreground a bowl for washing feet before supper.
7. II Tintoretto(1594)
Tintoretto created a special atmosphere by using two light sources, darker colors and transparent, hovering angels. The angels add a supernatural touch to the painting.
Tintoretto's studio was authorized to produce several large canvasses for the newly finished San Giorgo Maggiore church in Venice. The old master would have left most of the work in the hands of his assistants, but it is certain that he made three of the canvasses himself. This Last Supper is one of them.
All disciples have a halo, except Jude – he's kneeling at the far side of the table.The lines of the table, the pattern on the floor and the wood in the ceiling create a linear perspective. That makes the painting stand in the tradition of Da Vinci's Last Supper.
8.Peter Paul Ruben's last supper(1632)
This is one of Rubens's versions of the Last Supper. It shows Judas looking away, absent-mindedly, as the others are shocked to learn about the pending betrayal.
The painting was originally an altar-piece in the Saint Rombout Church in Mechelen. Two pre-studies are known – one in Moscow, the other in a private collection.
親愛的鬆鬆妹妹，千百年來心靈的聖餐激起創作源泉。。。
讓我們的餐桌充滿歡聲笑語，親朋好友聚首，複活節快樂o(^_^)o
複活節快樂！
親愛的燕鷗妹妹，抱抱！全家複活節快樂，今年你家小小鷗和我家大寶展翅高飛，上天引領照看他們～～～愛你們(~_~;)
親愛的晴妹和小寶貝安娜，這些大師的作品不僅是藝術靈感，也實實在在彰顯聖靈做工，他們獲得了這樣藝術表達的天賦。真巧想到tern妹妹的女兒，你家安娜和我家雪兒都很會畫畫，大寶畫的比較粗線條，願孩子們在心智上慢慢增長。
你在我心，主佑平安，聖母抱抱，主的晚餐滋潤心田。(~_~;)
謝謝燕兒如此用心的文章，主佑平安， 我們一起迎接複活節。
來自羅馬最美好的祝福！