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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Our Lady Queen of Apostles Catholic Church

Studio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass

City: Hamtramck

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1951

Subject/Title of Window: The Parable of the Sower, The Parable of the Mustard Seed, and the Parable of the Yeast

Brief Description of Subject: The aisle windows illuminate Christ's words from the Gospels. This aisle window is located on the south side, and pictures three parables from Matthew 13. All quotes using NRSVCE.
 
"Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without he told them nothing. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.' " Matthew 13:34 - 35
 
Top Scene: The Parable of the Sower. Matthew 13:3 - 9.
 
"Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen."
 
Later in verses 18 - 23, Jesus explains this parable:
 
"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."
 
Bottom Scene: There are two illuminations --- The Parable of the Mustard Seed, and the Parable of the Yeast. Matthew 13:31 - 33.
 
1. The Parable of the Mustard Seed, verses 31 - 32:
 
 "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field, it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree so that birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
 
Commentary from the NIV Archaeological Study Bible, "Using the mustard seed as a metaphor for the kingdom no doubt shocked Jesus' audience, who expected God's kingdom to be great and expansive."
 
2. The Parable of the Yeast, verse 33:
 
 "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
 
Commentary from the NIV Archaeological Study Bible, "Scripture almost always uses yeast as a negative image. But Jesus cited it to symbolize the positive, hidden permeation and growth of the kingdom of heaven within an unsuspecting world."
 
This window was donated in memory of Edward Dyczewski.

Inscriptions: In Memory Of Edward Dyczewski
MT. 13:3 - 9
MT. 13:31- 33


Height: 72"

Width: 17"

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