Promise of the Comforter

Again the Master’s voice arose

In precious converse sweet,

The last and richest lessons,

With wisdom most replete :

* * *

“Let not your heart be troubled,

Believe in me, most true,

For in my Father’s house I shall

Prepare a place for you.

* * *

And on, in soothing accents, flowed

Upon their listening ears

Words which, while they incrased their

love,

Excited still their fears.

* * *

For He talked of going from them,

Yet being with them still,

And giving them what they should ask,

If they would do His will;

* * *

And said He would pray the Father

The Comforter to send–

The Holy Ghost–who, teaching them,

Would lead them to the end.

* * *

And again He said unto them,

As He, at first, had said :

“Let not your heart be troubled,

Nor let it be afraid.”

Divine Peace Dove

Divine Peace Dove by Kathy Grimm

Dove

The dove as a Christian symbol is of very frequent occurrence in ancient ecclesiastical art.  According to Matthew 3:16, during the Baptism of Jesus the Holy Spirit descended like a dove and came to rest on Jesus. For this reason the dove became a symbol of the Holy Spirit and in general it occurs frequently in connection with early representations of baptism. It signifies also the Christian soul, not the human soul as such, but as indwelt by the Holy Spirit; especially, therefore, as freed from the toils of the flesh and entered into rest and glory. The Peristerium or Eucharistic dove was often used in the past, and sometime still used in Eastern Christianity, as Church tabernacle.

However the more ancient explanation of the dove as a Christian symbol refers to it as a symbol of Christ: Ireneaus in the 2nd-century explains that the number 801 is both the sum of the numeric values of the letters of the word “dove” (in Greek: Ρεριστερα) and the sum of the numeric values of the letters Alpha and Omega, which refers to Christ. In the Bible story of Noah and the Flood, after the food a dove returns to Noah bringing an olive branch, and this scene recalled to the Church Fathers Christ who brings salvation through the cross. This biblical scene led to interpreter the dove also as a symbol of peace.

The Divine Peace Dove also comes in color versions.

Baptism of The Savior

Baptism of The Savior by Kath Grimm

Pentecost Dove Descending

Pentecost Dove Descending by Kathy Grimm

Pentecost Title

Pentecost Title by Kathy Grimm

Dove On an Easter Egg

Dove On an Easter Egg by Kathy Grimm

Baptism of Jesus

Baptism of Jesus by Kathy Grimm

The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost (Spirit)

"The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit," in French by Kathy Grimm