The Earthquake on Mount Calvary — Tissot Glorified The story of the Prodigal

The story of the Prodigal Son is one of the parables told by Jesus Christ in the New Testament

an angel appears to shepherds

by loving the smallest of God's creatures

depicts Our Lord Jesus Christ ascending into heaven while His apostles

depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary holding her Divine Child

The Earthquake on Mount Calvary — Tissot Glorified The story of the ProdigalThis artwork by James Tissot depicts the earthquake that followed immediately after the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross. The soldiers and pharisees are fallen to the ground in terror. The sky is black and foreboding. "And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent." Matthew 27: 50 51