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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: Angela Hospice

City: Livonia

Window Shape: 4 (rounded or rose window)

Subject/Title of Window: Lazarus in Heaven

Brief Description of Subject: Rectangular window in three panels, all one scene. Left panel depicts Lazarus sitting with crutch as a dog licks his sores. a caterpillar is in the scenery. In center panel, Lazarus is dying, and angels carry his soul to Heaven. A chrysalis can be seen near the bottom. In the right panel, Lazarus is dancing in the air, his crutch cast aside. Below him is a cross and a monarch butterfly. Made by Diane Eissinger, of Belleville, MI.
The identification of the Lazarus of Jesus' story in Luke 16 with St. Lazarus, brother of Ss. Mary Magdalene and Martha, who was raised from the dead, appears to be a Medieval idea, though the early Fathers were divided as to whether Luke 16 was a true story or a parable.

Height: 5 ft

Width: 5 ft

Death of Lazarus
Death of Lazarus

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