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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Woodlawn Cemetery Community Mausoleum

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Subject/Title of Window: Angel with Trumpet #1

Brief Description of Subject: This window features an angel with a trumpet. That image is popular for grave sites as it symbolizes the announcement of a soul's resurrection and entrance into heaven. Its roots can be found in Thessalonians 4:16 which concerns Christ's second coming and believers who have died, "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise." Although dating back to as early as the 14th Century, most famously, Gabriel is the angel that blows that horn in John Milton's 1667 book "Paradise Lost." 
 
The resurrection theme is continued in the predella which pictures a laurel plant growing out of a container. Laurel is the symbol of victory over death, eternal life. This comes from the fact that laurel leaves do not wilt but remain green. Also the border is pictured with Easter lilies, a symbol of the resurrection.
 
The inscription, "Peace on earth to men of good will," is found in Luke 2:14 . These words were uttered by angels after they had announced to shepherds that the promised Savior had been born. The inscription "Bricker" on the container in the predella is the surname of the family that purchased this alcove for the entombments of members of their family.
 
This window is located on the upper level. There is a window similar to this on the middle level, differing only in color, border and inscriptions.

Inscriptions: Peace on earth to men of good will
Bricker


Height: 65"

Width: 29"

Angel with Trumpet #1
Angel with Trumpet #1

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