Regarding
the Cross
By William Wolfram, professor of art at Concordia University, Nebraska
Published by The Center for Liturgical Art
From Kenneth E. Schmidt’s forward to Regarding the Cross:
William Wolfram invites us to consider the Cross of Christ in common, everyday objects, though his images, text, and scripture passages go beyond this invitation. They beckon and challenge us to look more closely at the love and mystery of God through the work of His Son, Jesus Christ.
In the opening remarks we read, “... faith sees beauty in this ugly piece of wood.” And so it is. William Wolfram arranges ordinary, mundane objects and surfaces and, with the intelligent eye of the artist, sees beauty. he transforms the ordinary to the extraordinary and beckons us to perceive in a new way – to look beyond the surface, to delight in the subtle ironies and inner beauty of those common objects in our everyday experience. This book is a metaphor for the beauty of salvation itself. A baby, born of a virgin in a lowly stable and first worshipped by shepherds, is the object and fulfillment of God’s beautiful plan of salvation.
We are reminded that the outcast, the worn, and those in need are the very ones whom Christ makes beautiful and acceptable before God through His death on the Cross. The truth of faith appears when we see the beauty of salvation in that “ugly piece of wood.” May this work of love delight the eyes and stir the heart to acknowledge the mystery and majesty of God as He continues to work His miracles in our lives.
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