BLESSED JOSEPH VAZ, THE APOSTLE OF SRI LANKA
This picture of
Blessed Joseph Vaz, has some symbolic characteristics of Vaz’ life:
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1. The Sun and the
Moon.
In his missionary journeys through the forests and hills of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Blessed Joseph Vaz was constantly contemplating the Sun during the day and the Moon during the night. These two heavenly bodies had become his inseparable guides and companions and so his spirituality too came to be centered around them. He often spoke of spirituality taking the imagery of the moon, which has no light of itself, but lives in the light of the Sun, the source of all light. History also records that Vaz’ father saw a star in the sky when his son Joseph was born on 21st April 1651.
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2. Mitre and Crozier.
The two are on his sides, apart from his body, because he humbly refused to accept the Episcopal consecration. His hands point out to the Crucifix rather than hold the staff. |
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