"Roman Tryptich" 2: legacy of the keys in the Sistine...

(Vatican Radio ) On February 5th at 1 pm the Sistine Chapel closes to the public in preparation for the forthcoming conclave to take place there, as yet at an unknown date.
As the cardinals are about to gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the 265th Successor of Peter, Professor of Fine Arts Breda Ennis brings us another of her reflections focusing on the symbolism of the art work on the walls of the Sistine Chapel.
Professor Ennis choses to relate this art work , entrusted to Michelangelo by Pope Julius II five centuries ago, to a Collection of poems penned by John Paul II in 2003, by the title of 'Roman Tryptich'.
In Part 2 in this series she speaks of this Chapel in terms of the venue where cardinals gather to elect the Successor of Peter.
As Pope John Paul II's writes:..." The Sistine painting will then speak with the Word of the Lord:
Tu es Petrus—as Simon, the son of Jonah, heard.'To you I will give the keys of the Kingdom'.
Those to whom the care of the legacy of the keys has been entrusted gather here, allowing themselves to be enfolded by the Sistine's colours,by the vision left to us by Michelangelo......'Con-clave': a joint concern for the legacy of the keys of the Kingdom.
They will find themselves between the Beginning and the End,between the Day of Creation and the Day of Judgment."...
A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.
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