{"id":5069,"date":"2024-06-05T04:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T02:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/2024\/06\/05\/to-love-without-exception-without-exclusion\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T07:37:21","slug":"to-love-without-exception-without-exclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/2024\/06\/05\/to-love-without-exception-without-exclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"To love without exception, without exclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5069\" class=\"elementor elementor-5069 elementor-2255\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98cc371 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98cc371\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fb052e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fb052e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The monks who commissioned the sculpture on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the tympanum of the Basilica of V\u00e9zelay had already sensed how great God&#8217;s heart is, that it is more than great<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">that it is universal, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">open to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">all creatures<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> in<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">heaven and on earth,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">because<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> God<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> \u201cfriend <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of the living,\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">loves everything that exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt 42.45pt 0pt 28.35pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt 42.45pt 0pt 28.35pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">For you love everything that exists; you are not averse to any of your works; if you had hated anything, you would not have created it.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt 42.45pt 0pt 28.35pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">How could it have survived if you had not wanted it?<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt 42.45pt 0pt 28.35pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">How could it have remained alive if you had not called it?<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt 42.45pt 0pt 28.35pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Y<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">ou spare all beings, because they are yours, Master who loves the living<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Book of Wisdom 11, 24-26<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0pt 42.45pt 0pt 28.35pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d55e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d55e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-alamy-B7X7M2_lowq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5348\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-alamy-B7X7M2_lowq.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-alamy-B7X7M2_lowq-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-alamy-B7X7M2_lowq-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f2ec11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f2ec11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Tympanum of the portal of the Basilica of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">V\u00e9zelay<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (France)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, Pentecost, 1125-1130.<\/span><\/h6><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">With heaven as his throne and earth as his footstool,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-1\" href=\"#footnote-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> the Christ in glory at Pentecost in V\u00e9zelay <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">appears in a limited space that may symbolise the walls of the room with the closed doors of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Cenacle in Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<br \/>Cependant, toutes les figures qui l\u2019entourent <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> show that this space is much wider. It is even <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">limitless <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">because the Risen<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Christ, victor over death, reigns over the Universe. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">From<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> his<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> hands<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, rays<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> spread <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">out over<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> the disciples<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> who surround him<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> but also upon everything<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> created.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"382\" class=\"wp-image-2256 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 9pt;\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-63-287w382h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant Sculpture sur pierre, statue, sculpture, Sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-63-287w382h-1.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-63-287w382h-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">For &#8220;all things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-2\" href=\"#footnote-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He is<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> the Word,<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">with<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> God from the beginning of the world<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">he is the beginning and the end of all things.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He is the Alpha and the Omega, the One through whom all things are created; all things are recreated, and all things are saved.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He is the image of the invisible God;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><br \/>the first-born of every creature.<br \/><\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">In him all things were created, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">in heaven and on earth. <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Beings visible and invisible, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">powers, principalities,<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">sovereignties, dominions, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">everything is created by him and for him.<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He is before all things <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and all things subsist in him.<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He is also the head of the body, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the head of the Church<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">: <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">he is the beginning, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the Firstborn from the dead, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">so that he may have primacy in all things.<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">For God saw fit <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">that in him should dwell all fullness <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and that all things through Christ<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">be reconciled to him at last, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">making peace through the blood of his Cross, <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">peace for all beings<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">on earth and in heaven.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-3\" href=\"#footnote-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> <br \/><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><table style=\"width: 18.502645502645503cm; border-collapse: unset; margin-left: -15.9pt;\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 9.250440917107584cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"242\" class=\"wp-image-2257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-50-308w242h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture sur pierre, Sculpture, sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-50-308w242h-1.jpeg 308w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-50-308w242h-1-300x236.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 9.25220458553792cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"242\" class=\"wp-image-2258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-49-322w242h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, sculpture, Sculpture sur pierre, Sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-49-322w242h-1.jpeg 322w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-49-322w242h-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 18.502645502645503cm; vertical-align: top;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Offering bearers<\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The creation described here is the unfolding of the origin, the emergence of a new creation that transforms everything and reunites time and space.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Everything<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> that<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> repeats itself <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">cyclically <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">in the <\/span>rhythm of the seasons takes its place in the fullness of an eternal present that the Spirit brings to birth.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">What was <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">particular <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to a given instant or moment becomes universal.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The activities described in their particularity of space and time &#8211; the seasons, the work in the fields that mark out the zodiac &#8211; are caught up in this movement towards the universality of the new creation, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">like a universal liturgy that transcends time and space.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The Zodiac shows various agricultural or craft activities that mark the seasons.<\/span><\/p><table style=\"border-collapse: unset;\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 8.878306878306878cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2292 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_07-08-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_07-08-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_07-08.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.320987654320987cm;\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">For example, a farmer harvests a sheaf next to a lion (July-August) devouring a person.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 8.878306878306878cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2293 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_09-10-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_09-10-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_09-10.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.320987654320987cm;\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Another farmer pours the harvested grain into a hutch next to the scales (September-October) of which the hair is on fire.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 8.878306878306878cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2298 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_bouclier-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_bouclier-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_bouclier.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.320987654320987cm;\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A soldier sitting under a tree cleans his shield while spring dances.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 8.878306878306878cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2299 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_02-03-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_02-03-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_02-03.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.320987654320987cm;\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A man warms himself, another dresses next to the fish symbol (February-March), etc&#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 8.878306878306878cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2300\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_moisson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"275\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2301\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_vendange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"258\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.320987654320987cm;\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A farmer threshes his harvest with a flail while another harvests his vineyard<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">All go about their human occupations while Christ sends his Spirit upon all living beings and the whole universe, whatever<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">time <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">or <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">place.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">There is no being, no place, no time that cannot be the receptacle of this gift!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">When the day of Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all together in one place.<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>[<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>\u2026<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>]<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em> They saw tongues appear, which seemed to be of fire. They parted and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit&#8230;&#8221; <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-4\" href=\"#footnote-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> <br \/><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The Reign of Christ spreads over his apostles and the whole universe, transfigured by him and in him, yet the notion of spiritual warfare has not disappeared.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Evil and its temptations are not denied in this cosmic representation, but they are expressed in a different way, in a perspective imbued with the hope and faith of Pentecost and the gift of the Spirit. God is the victor over the world, and this victory is already here. The Kingdom of God is already unfolding on earth, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> and<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> even if this <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">unfolding has not yet reached its fullness, the first fruits are visible.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> <br \/><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">A breach has opened in the time of history. The Zodiac tells us this in images. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The three medallions above Christ\u2019s head in the centre of the tympanum between the signs of Cancer and Leo, represent two dogs, an acrobat and a mermaid.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"227\" class=\"wp-image-2259 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-53-569w227h-1.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-53-569w227h-1.jpeg 569w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-53-569w227h-1-300x120.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">In ancient and medieval astronomical conceptions, the space between Cancer and Leo constituted one of the two &#8220;gates&#8221; of communication between heaven and earth. On the portal at V\u00e9zelay, between these two signs of the Zodiac, just above the head of Christ, is a representation of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>anima <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>hominum<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>, <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the point of passage from heaven to earth, which is also the point of passage of the summer solstice and therefore of light, in the form of three forms wrapped around themselves: two dogs, an acrobat and a mermaid.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">These three kinds of wheels in which the figures spin round and round, symbolise bestiality, violence, perversion, seduction, lust, and other dangers that threaten human beings and can dazzle them. Through this passage between heaven and earth, located in this sculpture above his head, Christ, who is the &#8220;Door,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a href=\"#footnote-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> interrupts the endless circle of years to give access to eternal life. Christ, who is the true light, bursts into this cycle of time to drive out evil, false light and the power of darkness. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-6\" href=\"#footnote-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Through his coming, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Christ creates a definitive and irreversible break in the cycle of time marked by the stars, opening up the eternity of salvation to the world and to every being.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Other sculpted<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> details tell <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">pilgrims not to<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> forget <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">that the spiritual <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">battle on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">earth is not over, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">that the Reign <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of God <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">is not yet complete and that today is still a time of waiting, hope and vigilance. This is the case, for example, with the sign of Leo, which devours a man; with the signs of Capricorn, Taurus and Aries, whose bodies end in fishtails like deceptive mermaids; or with the sign <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> Libra, which becomes a figure whose hair is ablaze with long flames. These are warnings engraved in stone, designed <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to keep <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">pilgrims alert and vigilant.<\/span><\/p><table style=\"width: 16.28395061728395cm; border-collapse: unset;\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 5.73015873015873cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"183\" class=\"wp-image-2260 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-64-183w183h-1.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-64-183w183h-1.jpeg 183w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-64-183w183h-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/span><\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Leo<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.27689594356261cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"151\" height=\"182\" class=\"wp-image-2261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-65-151w182h-1.jpeg\" \/><\/span><\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Taurus<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.27689594356261cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"183\" class=\"wp-image-2262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-66-180w183h-1.jpeg\" \/><\/span><\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Libra<\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">gift of the Spirit <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">in the portal of the Basilica of V\u00e9zelay <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">concerns <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">daily life, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the cycle of the seasons and the work <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of humans, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">but it also extends to the farthest reaches of the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Living <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">beings, in the uniqueness of their personal and collective histories, as well as in the diversity of their origins that make them many peoples, find themselves caught up <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">in the movement of this new creation that carries them towards Christ, to become one in him.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">For God saw fit that in him all fullness should dwell, and that through him all should <br \/><\/span><\/em><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>be reconciled and that through him all things on earth and in heaven might be reconciled.\u201d <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-7\" href=\"#footnote-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> <br \/><\/span><\/h6><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Thus, around Christ, whose hands radiate the Holy Spirit, all the known peoples of the world are represented, with their own particularities, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">because they are destined to receive the Spirit.<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 5.791887125220459cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"164\" class=\"wp-image-2263 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-62-170w164h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture sur pierre, sculpture, Sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"164\" class=\"wp-image-2264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-61-212w164h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture sur pierre, Sculpture, sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"164\" class=\"wp-image-2265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-60-189w164h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture sur pierre, sculpture, Sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 5.791887125220459cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Armenians wearing skates<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Phrygians recognisable by their bonnets<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Romans in coats of mail<\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 5.791887125220459cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"145\" class=\"wp-image-2266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-59-192w145h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture sur pierre, Sculpture, sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"147\" class=\"wp-image-2267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-58-128w147h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture, Sculpture sur pierre, sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"148\" class=\"wp-image-2268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-57-178w148h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, sculpture, Sculpture sur pierre, Sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 5.791887125220459cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Scythian<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">rchers<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Byzantine carrying a Greek fire staff<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.7936507936507935cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Pygmies<\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"margin-top: 5pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Parthians, Medes and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, the provinces of Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the Libyan regions near Cyrene, Romans passing through, Jews by birth and converts, Cretans and Arabs, all seem to be represented in this tympanum.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a href=\"#footnote-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 5pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">But as if this were not enough to speak of the universality of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the gift of the Spirit, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">other peoples are represented with more astonishing, even disconcerting attributes, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">even defying nature and current scientific knowledge.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Drawing heavily on works such as the natural history of Pliny the Elder, a Latin naturalist and writer from the early Christian era, sculptors in the Middle Ages depicted in stone the strange peoples living at the ends of the earth.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Dog-headed humans<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (cynocephalus) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">who cannot <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">speak and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">can only bark; creatures with ears so<\/span><a id=\"_Hlk171504873\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">(the Panotians or Panotii) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">that they can <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">wrap themselves <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">inside them to sleep, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">beings with only one foot <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">(sciapods), <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">but of such <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">a size that, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to defend <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">themselves from the heat, they topple over onto the ground, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">their foot covering them entirely <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">with its shadow; still others called pygmies, no more than a cubit high and living no more than eight years&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><table style=\"border-collapse: unset;\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 6.26278659611993cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"155\" class=\"wp-image-2269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-19-222w155h-1.jpeg\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.218694885361552cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"157\" class=\"wp-image-2270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-55-175w157h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant Sculpture, Sculpture sur pierre, statue, soulagement Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.897707231040564cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"157\" class=\"wp-image-2271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Image-54-209w157h-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Une image contenant statue, Sculpture, Sculpture sur pierre, sculpture Description g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9e automatiquement\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 6.26278659611993cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Cappadocians, a people of Siamese brothers<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.218694885361552cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ethiopians with flattened noses<\/span><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(according to Herodotus)<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 5.897707231040564cm;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Panoti, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">with big ears in which they wrap themselves to sleep<\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><table style=\"border-collapse: unset;\" border=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 8.689594356261022cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2315\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_pygmee-cheval.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.689594356261022cm; vertical-align: top;\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2317 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_cynocephales-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_cynocephales-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-Vezelay_cynocephales.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 8.689594356261022cm; vertical-align: top;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Pygmie climbing a ladder<\/span><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">to ride a horse<\/span><\/h6><\/td><td style=\"width: 8.689594356261022cm; vertical-align: top;\"><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Cynocephalic men<\/span><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">(dog-headed)<\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">All the peoples of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the earth, however extravagant they may be, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">gathered around Christ, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the only Redeemer, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">are included in God&#8217;s plan <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of salvation <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and called to become his disciples <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and apostles, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">bearers of the Good News to the ends of the earth<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Having <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">become Christs <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">on earth <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">through the Spirit <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">received at Pentecost, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">they are sent by the King of the Universe to bear witness and make disciples.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.<\/em><\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Go therefore and make disciples of all nations<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-9\" href=\"#footnote-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>Go into all the world and proclaim the <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>Gospel<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>to<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em> all creation<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-10\" href=\"#footnote-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><\/h5><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">This is how we recognise the figure below Christ&#8217;s feet:<\/span><\/p><div class=\"ul\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div class=\"li\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; position: relative; text-indent: -18pt; font-weight: bold;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">on the overmantel, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">John the Baptist<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> carrying the Lamb of God, in reference to his words on the banks of the Jordan, when he saw Jesus and said to his disciples: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>Behold the Lamb of God<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-11\" href=\"#footnote-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span> <em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"li\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; position: relative; text-indent: -18pt;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> on the lintel, to the right of John the Baptist&#8217;s head at the foot of the mandorla: Peter and Paul (barely legible as they are very damaged)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> ;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"li\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; position: relative; text-indent: -18pt;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">on the door jambs: Peter and Paul on the right, two other apostles on the left<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a2cb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6a2cb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"border-collapse: unset;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 4.7407407407407405cm; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"287\" class=\"wp-image-2272 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-61-207w287h-1.jpeg\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">left pedestal <\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">with two other apostles<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 5.936507936507937cm; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"286\" class=\"wp-image-2273 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-62-172w286h-1.jpeg\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">John the Baptist <\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">showing the lamb<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 5.5626102292768955cm; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"286\" class=\"wp-image-2274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-63-205w286h-1.jpeg\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">right pedestal:<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Peter and Paul<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">What is received cannot be kept! Sent by Christ <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James and John&#8230; but also Paul, Zacchaeus, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Tabitha, Lidia and so many others, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">simple sinners, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">seamstresses, tax collectors or Pharisees and persecutors, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">all having responded <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to Christ&#8217;s call, clothed in the Spirit, immediately became bearers of the Good News<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">throughout the world, to the ends of the earth<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">King of all the peoples of the earth, master of time and history who interrupts the endless cycle of the seasons to give access to eternal life, the beginning and end of everything, Alpha and Omega, Christ still calls today on every continent, rich and poor, the most humble and the greatest, whatever their position in this world and in history, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">whatever their age and length of life, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">are called to receive the Spirit <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and bring the Spirit <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to others while recognising <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">in every other disciple <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of Christ <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">another bearer of the Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>I will put my Spirit within you and make you walk according to my laws.\u201d<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-12\" href=\"#footnote-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> .<br><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">In this way, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the way of being of human beings indwelt by the Spirit of Christ <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">is transformed by a force that<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">comes from God himself. The sin that stems from human beings not being in tune with God  <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">recedes, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">allowing <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the gift of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the Spirit <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to penetrate <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">hearts, adjust them to Love <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">send them out into <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the world to spread <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the sacred doctrine <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">among people <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">of every state and condition.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><sup><sup><a id=\"footnote-ref-13\" href=\"#footnote-13\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.\nPar eux, ic\u00f4nes du Christ, le r\u00e8gne de l\u2019Esprit peut se r\u00e9pandre de mani\u00e8re nouvelle offrant b\u00e9atitude et bonheur \u00e0 ceux qui voudront devenir disciples. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">So, it is here and now that Christ is Saviour. It is now because it is always, here because it is throughout the universe; it is for me because it is for every human being of every race and every nation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The Spirit, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">which offers <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">itself without <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">limit to every living being in the Universe,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">blows where it will, no one knowing where it comes from or where it is going! The Spirit offers itself without exception to anyone, as we can  <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">imagine from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">these sculptures, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">whether they are standing by <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the fire in winter, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">resting in their homes, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">working in the fields under the scorching sun, in the office or in the factory, whether they are dwarfs, giants, blacks, whites, Africans, Asians, rich or poor&#8230; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the Spirit is given to each and every one of us, to everyone, without discrimination, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">without distinction and in abundance, as long as we are willing to receive it&#8230; The challenge lies in this openness and this reception!<\/span> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">The Spirit blows where it wills, and when it gives itself where we never imagined it could, we are sometimes astonished. This is particularly true when he gives himself to those we do not like, those who disturb us and whom we reject.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">By who he is, the Spirit invites us to have a broad <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and generous spirit<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> and inner freedom. His prodigality is an invitation to widen the space of our tent to welcome the places and people through whom he manifests himself rather than trying to assign him the places where we think he should act. This way of being is far removed from certain sterile immobilities that lead us to say &#8220;we have always done it this way,&#8221; &#8220;in my day it was better&#8230;,\u201d from certainties that take the form of  <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;you just have to&#8230;&#8221;, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&#8220;we need<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> to&#8230;&#8221;,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">from those convictions that make us find ourselves &#8220;intelligent&#8221;&#8230; those who think like us, or from a fixed moralism of the pure knowing what is good and what is bad and finding themselves just in judging others. No, the Holy Spirit does not tend towards such conformism or uniformity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He loves <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">us without exception <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">without exclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">He calls us to love without exception and without exclusion<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; height: 1em;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">In his Universality, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">the Spirit of God at Pentecost <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">expands our hearts,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">widens our gaze,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">refines our listening<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">to the originality of all beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sr. Ghislaine Pauquet r.c.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-1\"><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">&#8220;Thus says the Lord: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool. (..) My hand made all this, all this is mine says the Lord.&#8221; (Is 66:1-2). <a href=\"#footnote-ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-2\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> Jn. 1:3. <\/span> <a href=\"#footnote-ref-2\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-3\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">Col. 1:15-20 <a href=\"#footnote-ref-3\">\u2191<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-4\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">Acts 2:1-4. <a href=\"#footnote-ref-4\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-5\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">John 10:1-10. <a href=\"#footnote-ref-5\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-6\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">John 1:4-5 and 9. <a href=\"#footnote-ref-6\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-7\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">Col. 1:19-20. <a href=\"#footnote-ref-7\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-8\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\">Acts 2:9-10. <a href=\"#footnote-ref-8\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-9\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 10pt;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> Mt 28:19<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">.<\/span> <a href=\"#footnote-ref-9\">\u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p id=\"footnote-10\"><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; 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