The Four Sacramental Elements
This collection of pieces was commissioned by my daughter-in-law as a Christmas gift for my son who is a worship pastor.
There are four elements in creation on which the world of sacraments is built: water, bread, wine and olive oil.
Water, as the basic element and fundamental condition of all life, is the essential sign of the act in which, through baptism, we become Christians and are born to new life.
Bread has to do with everyday life. It is the fundamental gift of life day by day.
Wine has to do with feasting, with the fine things of creation, in which, at the same time, the joy of the redeemed finds particular expression.
Olive oil has a wide range of meaning. It is nourishment, it is medicine, it gives beauty, it prepares us for battle and it gives strength.
Pope Benedict XVI
Tom Belt The Four Sacraments: Bread, 2021 Oil on Canvas
Tom Belt The Four Sacraments: Oil, 2021 Oil on Canvas
Tom Belt The Four Sacraments: Water, 2021 Oil on Canvas
Tom Belt The Four Sacraments: Wine, 2021 Oil on Canvas
