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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Christ the King Catholic Church

Artist Name: Andrew R. Maglia

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1962

Subject/Title of Window: The 8th Station of the Cross, Jesus Comforts Women Of Jerusalem

Brief Description of Subject: This is the 8th of 14 clerestory windows in the Church, seven on each side, which cover the Stations of the Cross. Traditionally at each stop there will be a time for meditation. For these windows the top section covers the station while the bottom section has a meditation for that station.
 
The eighth station is "Jesus Comforts Women of Jerusalem." This station is based on Luke 23:27 - 28, "A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. Jesus turned and said to them, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, weep for yourselves and for your children.' " Pictured is Christ with left hand extended in a gesture of comforting them. Above Jesus' head is the sun being blocked by a cloud. This is one of the Instruments of the Passion. It symbolizes the darkening of the sun during the Crucifixion. (Luke 23:44 - 45).
 
The meditation for this station is, "Let me weep for the ingratitude I have shown." Pictured is the moon and sun being darkened. These are Instruments of the Passion that symbolize the legend that a total eclipse occured at the moment of Jesus' death on the cross.

Inscriptions: Jesus Comforts Women of Jerusalem
Let Me Weep For the Ingratitude I have Shown


Height: 76"

Width: 36"

The 9th Station of the Cross, Jesus Falls A Third Time
The 9th Station of the Cross, Jesus Falls A Third Time
The 9th Station of the Cross, Jesus Falls A Third Time outside
The 9th Station of the Cross, Jesus Falls A Third Time outside

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