Explanation of the Year of Mercy Jubilee Motto & Logo Both the motto and logo provide a fitting summary of what the Jubilee Year is all about. The motto, Merciful Like the Father (taken from the Gospel of Luke, 6:36), serves as an invitation to each of us to follow the merciful example of the Father who asks us not to judge or condemn but to forgive and to give love and forgiveness without measure (cf. Luke 6:37-38) The logo, the work of Jesuit Father Marko I. Rupnik, presents a small summa theologiae (like a theological synthesis) of the theme of mercy. It represents an image very important in the early Church: that of the Son having taken upon his shoulders the lost and the strayed. Jesus carries us, in our weakness, to the home of his Father, the fulfilment for which we have been created. The logo has been designed to express the way in which the Good Shepherd touches the very flesh of humanity and does so with a love that has the power to feature to note is that while the Good change one’s life. One particular Shepherd, in his great mercy, takes humanity upon himself, his eyes are merged with those of humanity. Christ sees with the eyes of Adam, and Adam with the eyes of Christ. Thus we can glimpse in Christ, our new and true humanity and the future which lies ahead: to gaze on the Father and to be held in His love. The scene is captured within the mandorla (the shape of an almond), a symbol quite important in early and medieval iconography, for it calls to mind the two natures of Christ, divine and human. The three concentric ovals, with colours progressively lighter as we move outward, suggest the movement of Christ who carries humanity out of the night of sin and death. Conversely, the depth of the darker colour also suggests the impenetrability of the love of the Father who forgives all. Available to download from:
Explanation of the Year of Mercy Jubilee Motto & Logo Both the motto and logo provide a fitting summary of what the Jubilee Year is all about. The motto, Merciful Like the Father (taken from the Gospel of Luke, 6:36), serves as an invitation to each of us to follow the merciful example of the Father who asks us not to judge or condemn but to forgive and to give love and forgiveness without measure (cf. Luke 6:37-38) The logo, the work of Jesuit Father Marko I. Rupnik, presents a small summa theologiae (like a theological synthesis) of the theme of mercy. It represents an image very important in the early Church: that of the Son having taken upon his shoulders the lost and the strayed. Jesus carries us, in our weakness, to the home of his Father, the fulfilment for which we have been created. The logo has been designed to express the way in which the Good Shepherd touches the very flesh of humanity and does so with a love that has the power to change one’s life. One particular feature to note is that while the Good Shepherd, in his great mercy, takes humanity upon himself, his eyes are merged with those of humanity. Christ sees with the eyes of Adam, and Adam with the eyes of Christ. Thus we can glimpse in Christ, our new and true humanity and the future which lies ahead: to gaze on the Father and to be held in His love. The scene is captured within the mandorla (the shape of an almond), a symbol quite important in early and medieval iconography, for it calls to mind the two natures of Christ, divine and human. The three concentric ovals, with colours progressively lighter as we move outward, suggest the movement of Christ who carries humanity out of the night of sin and death. Conversely, the depth of the darker colour also suggests the impenetrability of the love of the Father who forgives all. Available to download from:
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