"I shall never forget Clonmacnoise" - Pope John Paul
The Cross of the Scriptures presents a gallery of images, like icons, that reach out to embrace us. Searching the mind of the sculptor is exciting and rewarding.
| The Fathers right hand is hidden under the arm of the cross. There is a hidden graciousness of God in dew and snowdrop and especially in the face of Jesus Christ. | We see Moses praying. |
God the Father holds the cross in the Last Judgement and Michael Archangel trumpets joy. | Evil is being repelled. |
Christ gives the keys to Peter and the book of Love to Paul. | St. Ciaran and King Dermot are working together. |
Jesus crucified is breathing his Spirit over the world, from his wounded heart. | Jesus descends into the underworld. |
Jesus is stripped of his clothes. | Jesus is mocked. |
Women and soldiers in Viking dress, waiting at the tomb of Resurrection. | |
| A young monk is renouncing the sword. | Two cats are dancing to the piper's music. |
A Bird on a book. | An angel helps the young shepherd David in his mission. |
David plays the harp Rejoicing in God. | |
Left: In the Cross of the Scriptures there is a wedding of the spiritual and the secular. All of life is within the Cross. Earthiness, our flesh and blood are tabernacles of the Spirit.
Right: May viewing and reviewing this wonder exhibition in stone, inspire us with the Spirit of the Unseen Sculptor.
Arranged by Liam Hickey, St. Ciaran's, Dublin 15, November 2003