Cristo in Battistero - La Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Roma
“Christ in the Baptistery - The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore Rome”…
Saint John the Baptist, the great religious reformer was sent by God to prepare the people for the Messiah. His vocation was one of selfless giving. “I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). Scripture tells us that many people followed John looking to him for hope. St. John never allowed himself the false honor of receiving these people for his own glory. He knew his calling was one of preparation. When the time came, he led his disciples to Jesus: “The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus” (John 1:35-37). At the center of this 17th-century chapel is the baptismal font attributed to Giuseppe Valadier and consisting of a red porphyry stone basin topped by golden sculptures; the elaborate décor of the chapel includes polychrome marble walls, colorful ceiling frescoes, gleaming gold stucco work, commemorative plaques, marble busts of church officials, and the marble altarpiece of the Assumption of the Virgin sculpted by Pietro Bernini – above which is a glowing image of the all-seeing Eye of Providence.
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- Dino Carbetta
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