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Learning through Art: Coptic Icon of Pentecost

This Coptic icon of Pentecost has been chosen to prepare the reader of the Compendium for the section on Prayer. It has been chosen to lead us into, and open us up to, Christian prayer. The Church wants this icon to teach us the Christian foundations for prayer. Christian prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to God – as prayer is for all people of all religions and none - but specifically Christian prayer is also much more than this.

We are reminded in Scripture that Jesus had told his apostles that, after his Ascension, they were ‘to wait for the promise of the Father’ which was the ‘baptism of the Holy Spirit’. The Apostles humbly trusted Christ, now risen from the dead, and decided to wait by praying. ‘Humility is the foundation of prayer’ (CCC 2559).

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Caroline Farey divides her time between teaching catechetics and philosophy. She was the Director of the BA in Applied Theology for Catechesis at the Maryvale Institute in England, and is Lecturer in Philosophy at St Mary's College, Oscott, the Seminary for the Archdiocese of Birmingham, where she teaches Metaphysics, Epistemology, and St Thomas Aquinas. She is a regular contributor to The Sower, writing the "Learning Through Art" column and sees The Sower as a key means of ensuring a creative ongoing formation for DREs and key catechists. Her degrees included a MA in Theology and a Licence in Philosophy from the Pontifical University, Maynooth, as well as an S.T.L from the Pontifical University Louvain, and a doctorate from Lateran University in Rome. She was also contributing editor to The Pedagogy of God.

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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