The Yellow Christ, by Paul Gauguin, 1889
This painting by Paul Gauguin shows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ taking place in 19th-century northern France as Breton women are gathered in prayer.
Gauguin said he chose yellow to convey how he felt about the isolated life and piety of the peasants, pictured here dressed in their distinctive regional costume and kneeling at the foot of the cross during the evening hour of Angelus – a devotion said daily at morning, noon, and sunset.
It reminds us that Christ lived and died for all people.
Wherever you are, whoever you are, Christ lived and died for you.
Pour forth, we beseech Thee O Lord,
Thy grace into our hearts;
that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ,
Thy Son, was made known
by the message of an angel,
may by his Passion and Cross be brought
to the glory of his Resurrection
through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer from the Angelus
Forty 100 word reflections for forty days of Lent (Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, excluding Sundays), using the forty images in the Face to Face with Jesus pack, available to purchase from St Clare’s Shop. Written by Rev Charlotte Gale.
