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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

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 14th Station of the Cross, Jesus Dies On The Cross

Brief Description of Subject: This is the last 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.
 
This station is, "Jesus is laid in the tomb." Pictured is Jesus' body "wrapped in linen cloth and placed in a tomb," Luke 23:53. Above is a pomegranate plant. Pomegranate's symbolism in Christian art comes from Mythology. It was used as a symbol for Proserpina's return to earth in the Spring to rejuvenate the earth. In Christianity it became a symbol for resurrection (new life) and immortality.
 
The meditation used for this station is, "It is ended and yet it has just begun." Pictured is a cross with a white sheet draped over it. On Easter Sunday morning a white sheet is draped over the cross to indicate Christ has risen.

Inscriptions: Jesus Is Laid In His Tomb
It Is Ended And Yet It Has Just Begun


Height: 76"

Width: 36"

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