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Five years ago, I embarked on a journey to create my masterpiece in art. As many of you know, I am a convert to the Roman Catholic Church and formerly of the Baptist faith. Being Catholic now, for 14 years, I've noticed that many Catholics sadly have no understanding of their own faith. And so it was, at an Easter service in 2010, that I noticed a family who had obviously not been regular Mass attendees. Their children were generally disruptive and constantly asking "How much longer do we have to stay here?" or "Can we go now?"

Yes, I was distracted. But as it turned out, in a good way. I began to wonder if those children would rather be home playing some video game with some fantastic fantasy world they could interact in. Would they rather be watching a DVD of the latest Harry Potter movie? And my mind began to see what was really around me. A world that was even more wondrous than any of those fine fantasy worlds we dream about in fiction. I wondered what those kids would think if their eyes could be opened and they could see the great cloud of witnesses that were participating in the Mass with us? What would they think if they saw Purgatory opened up and saints receiving their robes from the Blessed Virgin Mary or if they could see angels flying all about them. If only they could have seen that time and space somehow become irrelevant during each and every Mass, as saints to be on present earth all worship together in their parishes world wide on any given hour in any given day, and they are united together with every Mass that has ever been celebrated since the Lord's Supper in the upper room just prior to the crucifixion of Christ. Every Mass is a time travel story to behold. We participate in the last sacrifice ever made for our sins each and every time we go to the Holy Mass, and we do not crucify Christ again, but are transported back to that day and the hammer driving the nails in Christ's flesh are our own. And yet, we are also in Heaven with that great cloud of witnesses who have also experienced the same thing that we have, and they are up there praying for us.

These are the things I saw that Easter service in 2010. And I began to create the painting then, having found a cast aside Masonite sheet in the basement, not knowing it was meant for a humbler purpose. And yet, having come across some troubles early on in the painting that I wasn't happy with, I in turn cast this sheet aside again, and finally, at the behest of my mother and sister, and my girlfriend, and at least one other Facebook friend that happened to come across the unfinished image on my Facebook page, I completed this painting in June of 2015. I hope you will enjoy it and share the link to the print page at Fine Art America to your Catholic friends. And please do not spread around the copyrighted image above, and spread the link instead. The image is copyrighted by me and to have the image spread around without any mention of the artist's name and contact information, would of course be counterproductive to the purpose of LinkedIn. Thank you. Enjoy, and if interested .. buy a print or a package of greeting cards. :)

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