STORY OF THE PAINTING OF THE SACRED HEART OF GOD THE FATHER

On February 12, 2006, Chris Courtis had a dream in which he found   himself in a beautiful old stone Church during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. As he was kneeling in the Church he saw flashes of light like he usually sees at the beginning of an apparition. Then all of a sudden there was Saint Joseph, and he looked the same way as I am used to seeing him, only without the staff, with the hair parted, long hair, light gray across the top but not too much, just right at the top. His eyes were transparent, same beard. I can’t describe everything. A brown robe and a gold like dress. He stood on a cloud but I could see his feet. He just smiled at me and said,

‘My Child, God The Father has desired to ask you through me that a Painting of His Most Sacred Heart be painted and done.’ At this moment I just interiorly felt that it should be something like the Blue Scapular of God The Father holding out His Heart offered to humanity. And then he went on to say, “God wishes it to be completed by April 13,” and I got the feeling that was it, and then he blessed me, and the thing was over. I remember seeing black and I woke up.

Chris told the Core Group of the Moving Heart Foundation about the dream, and Elizabeth McKenna, who had done the drawings for the Blue Scapular of the Sacred Heart of God The Father, felt  strongly that she was to do the painting. She was prayed over and anointed in front of the Blessed Sacrament at a prayer meeting, and the Core Group prayed the second Novena of the Mother of Mercy asking that the painting would be accomplished according to the Will of God.

The artist immediately began painting the Image, working almost exclusively on the painting for three weeks. The work went much more quickly than usual and she felt doing the painting was a spiritual experience. As she worked, she wore her God The Father of All Mankind Chaplet beads, which had previously turned gold.

She prayed the whole time she was painting and felt Jesus was   painting with her. She cried several times during the process, feeling that she was inadequate to do the painting.

The painting was completed by April 13, 2006 and displayed at the prayer meeting. God The Father made His 6th anniversary appearance to Chris and gave the following message:

See Message, April 13, 2006

SYMBOLISM OF THE PAINTING

In describing the painting the artist says, “The Painting is of God The Father who is a Spirit manifesting Himself as a man to give His heart of love to the humanity He created, redeemed and sanctified to bring them home.” (An example of God The Father appearing as a man can be found in Daniel 7: 8,9)

The Painting is based on Chris Courtis’ descriptions of God The Father during His apparitions to Chris.

The Timelessness of The Father is represented in the Face, which appears young and vital while the hair is old and ancient. The universality of the Father is also evident in the face, which could be that of any man of any nationality.

In the Father’s Eyes are the Cross of His Son Jesus with the Blessed Mother standing beneath it reminding us that we can only come to God The Father through the Cross of Jesus, and Mary, our Mother, is always at the foot of the Cross. It also reminds us that God The Father sees mankind as redeemed through the Cross of Jesus.

The Flowing Hair represents movement of the Holy Spirit as God The Father is the Creator and mover of all things. 

The Intense White of the Hair and the Robe represents perfection. The purist white oil paint available was used.

The part in the hair that seems to continue through the red and yellow colors represents the peeling away of time and space as we know it.

The Three Primary Colors evident in the painting, red, yellow, and blue are the colors from which all other colors in God The Father’s creation are made. Also, the Red represents the Passion and Death of His Son Jesus, which redeemed us. Yellow represents the Light and Sanctification of the Holy Spirit. Blue represents the movement of Creation. Thus the primary colors represent the Holy and Divine

Order of Creation, Redemption, and Sanctification. The primary colors are also the basis of the rainbow, a Sign of Covenant between God The Father and Mankind.

The Golden Triangle in the painting represents the Triune Godhead – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is also represented in the eyes of the Father with the love (the Holy Spirit) proceeding from the Father and the Son, that love that sent Jesus to die for our sins so we could return home to our Father God. The figure beneath the Cross is Mary, the Mother of God Jesus who is always with her Son.

The Heart of God The Father is of solid gold, tried and true. (Real gold paint was used.)  The flames of love burst out of the solid gold. There are Eight Flames, which represent the Eight Steps going up to the Altar of God in the New Temple as envisioned by Ezekiel.  They also represent the Eight Steps of Consecration to God Our Father given to Barbara Centilli, (1998) – Praise, Thanksgiving, Offering, Repentance, Inheritance, saying “Yes” to the Father, Fidelity, and Consecration.