Art Commission Statement
The new Christian and Jewish Interfaith Cultural and Historical Center have decided to commission a piece of art work to reflect what our center represents. After much discussion, we decided on a stain glass mural of the person who exemplifies the interfaith movement, Pope John Paul II.
Pope John Paul II represents our company with a good deal of practice and influence between Judaism and Christianity. Pope John Paul II came to the Holy Land as a pilgrim, a man of prayer, to bring a message of peace and he identified with Abraham's journey from UR of the Chaldeans to the land called Canaan. He also traveled to Mount Sinai to identify with Moses' journey through the wilderness with the Israelites. At the spot where the Torah was revealed, he affirmed the Ten Commandments as essential for re-consecrating private and public morality in our time. On the first leg of his holy land pilgrimage, he stood at the top of the Mount Nebo to view the Promised Land......
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