Jesus, Mary and Joseph
About This Image
Sunday Homilies
The Apostles Going Forth To Preach
The Apostles
Going Forth To Preach
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
click here for larger image
Sunday Homilies
files are large and may take a long time to download
July 25 - 17th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Simon
July 18 - 16th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Simon
July 11 - 15th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Simon
July 4 - 14th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Simon
June 27 - 13th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Simon
June 13 - 11th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Simon
June 6 - Corpus Christi
Fr. Simon
May 23 - Pentecost
Fr. Simon
May 16 - Ascension
Fr. Simon
May 9 - 6th Sunday of Easter
Fr. Simon
May 2 - 5th Sunday of Easter
Fr. Simon
April 25 - 4th Sunday of Easter
Fr. Simon
April 18 - 3rd Sunday of Easter
Fr. Simon
April 11 - 2nd Sunday of Easter
Fr. Simon
April 4 - Easter Sunday
Fr. Simon
March 28, 2010 - Palm Sunday
Fr. Simon
March 21, 2010 - 5th Sunday Lent
Fr. Simon
March 14, 2010 - 4th Sunday Lent
Fr. Simon
March 7, 2010 - 3rd Sunday Lent
Deacon Chick O'Leary
February 28, 2010 - 2nd Sunday Lent
Fr. Simon
February 21, 2010 - 1st Sunday Lent
Fr. Simon
February 14, 2010 - 6th Sunday Ordinary
Fr. Simon
January 17, 2010 - 2nd Sunday Ordinary
Fr. Simon
January 3, 2010 - Epiphany
Fr. Simon
December 27, 2009 - Holy Family
Fr. Simon
December 25, 2009 - Christmas
Fr. Simon
December 20, 2009 - 4th Sunday of Advent
Fr. Simon
December 13, 2009 - 3rd Sunday of Advent
Fr. Ron Plomillo
December 6, 2009 - 2nd Sunday of Advent
Fr. Richard Simon
November 29, 2009 - 1st Sunday of Advent
Fr. Richard Simon
November 22, 2009 - Solemnity of Christ the King
Fr. Richard Simon
November 15, 2009 - 33rd Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
November 8, 2009 - 32nd Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
October 25, 2009 - 30th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
October 18, 2009 - 29th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon

October 18, 2009 - 29th Sunday Ordinary Time
Dn. Chick O'Leary

October 4, 2009 - 27th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
September 13, 2009 - 24th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
September 6, 2009 - 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
August 23, 2009 - 21st Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
August 16, 2009 - 20th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
August 9, 2009 - 19th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
August 2, 2009 - 18th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
July 12, 2009 - 15th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
June 28, 2009 - 13th Sunday Ordinary Time
Fr. Richard Simon
Fr. Richard Simon
June 14, 2009 - Corpus Christi Sunday
sorry, no recording
June 7, 2009 - Trinity Sunday
Fr. Richard Simon
May 30, 2009 - Pentecost
Fr. Richard Simon
May 24, 2009 - Ascension
Deacon Chick O'Leary
May 10, 2009 -- 5th Sunday of Easter
Fr. Richard Simon
May 3, 2009 -- 4th Sunday of Easter
Fr. Richard Simon
April 19, 2009 -- Divine Mercy Sunday
Fr. Richard Simon
April 12, 2009 -- Easter Sunday
Fr. Richard Simon
April 5, 2009 -- Palm Sunday
Fr. Richard Simon
March 22, 2009 -- 4th Sunday of Lent
Fr. Richard Simon
March 8, 2009 -- 2nd Sunday of Lent
Deacon Chick O'Leary
 
Earlier homilies may be found at 
 
By popular demand, Fr. Simon's 
homily for the 40th Anniversary
of Humanae Vitae

About The Image Above...

Since Jean Colombe had already represented Pentecost in the Très Riches Heures (folio 79r), he illustrated Tuesday, the day of the Holy Ghost, with a picture of the apostles, inspired by the Holy Ghost, going forth to preach the Gospel.

The subject is not new; earlier artists had shown the apostles shod and setting out for their journeys to different parts of the world. The innovation here is their leave-taking of the Virgin Mary, who traditionally accompanied them spiritually.

This scene probably reflects the influence of the staging of contemporaneous religious theater, such as the Conversion of St. Paul in which the apostles take advantage of their farewell to Mary to ask her for advice:

Mais allons ainçois, je vous prie,
Savoir de la Vierge Marie,
S'ell nouse voudra rien commander.

Approaching Mary here are a curly-bearded Peter and Matthew. The heavy physiognomy of the first is typical of many of Jean Colombe's figures, while the expression of the second is softened by a flowing white heard and a thinner face. Touched by their behavior, the Virgin greets them with a gesture of both hands; behind her stand the rapt Holy Women, also mentioned in Acts.

The other apostles have already started out, not in the traditional groups of three but in pairs, so that we actually see only eight apostles, not twelve. John is recognizable because he is beardless, but the others do not have any distinctive characteristics.

Three groups leave in the different directions marked by the fork in the road. Traditionally, some, like John and Philip, went to Asia Minor and Galatia; others, as in the case of Jude and Simon, went to Mesopotamia and Egypt; while still others, like Andrew and James the Greater, went to Greece or distant Spain.

Here, their routes are scattered with châteaux, lakes, and mountains. The Golden Legend states that the apostles were miraculously reunited at the Virgin's bedside at the time of her death.



Top Of Page
Home
About Us
Sacraments / Liturgy
Education / Classes
Organizations Other
St. Lambert Parish
8148 North Karlov Avenue
Skokie, Illinois  60076
Phone: 1-847-673-5090
Fax: 1-847-677-5135
Email: SaintLambert@aol.com
www.StLambert.org
Copyright © 2009 St. Lambert Parish, Skokie, Illinois
All Rights Reserved
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
This Web Site Was Established May 3, 2001
this page was last revised on