This window is centered on Blessed Mother
Theresa of Calcutta.
In this window Mother Theresa is praying her favorite prayer of
contemplation and petition, the rosary of Mary. It was her relationship to
Jesus and Mary in prayer that inspired and graced her apostolate among the
poorest of the poor. As her transformation unto Christ deepened she was raised
to a worldwide icon of charity and justice not only for the poorest of the poor
but also for the unborn, the victim children of war, poor aids patients,
homeless street people and poor women in prison. She pricked the conscience of
the world and admonished the wealthy and powerful to respond to the crying
needs of the poor throughout the world. Through her life of prayer and service
she became a living icon of Jesus the world over. Her witness of agape love and
justice continues today in the thousands of her sisters who pray and serve in
dozens of countries all over the world.
On top of her portrait is a flaming dove
that represents the Holy
Spirit that set Mother Theresa on fire with love for Jesus and him in the
distressing disguise of the poor. Cascading downward from the Holy Spirit are
twenty light blue beads representing the twenty mysteries of the rosary, which
Theresa contemplated everyday and were an important facet of her transformation
unto Jesus. On both sides of her portrait is red diamond like shapes each containing a circle.
Within each circle are eight circles that represent the spiritual and corporal
works of mercy. The circles on the right represent the spiritual works of
mercy: instructing the ignorant, admonishing the sinner. Counseling the
doubtful, consoling the sorrowful, forgiving offenses, bearing wrongs
patiently, and praying for the conversion of sinners. The circles on the left represent
the corporal works of mercy: feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless,
visiting the sick, visiting the imprisoned, burying the dead, and giving alms
to those in need. On the lower left and right of her portrait are two crosses.
One cross represents her self-denial in her religious vocation of poverty,
chastity and obedience. The other cross represents her pouring out of herself
in service to her Lord and the poorest of his brothers and sisters. On each
side of the window are two large circles each containing the six pointed star
of the Old Testament and the eight pointed star of the New Testament both of
which speak of and point to the one Word of God - Jesus, who fed Mother Theresa
everyday in word and sacrament. On the bottom right of the window is an oval
containing the Eucharist and Chalice- the body, blood, soul and divinity of
Jesus, which Mother Theresa received everyday as her spiritual nourishment in
the holy sacrifice of the Mass. On the bottom right of the window is a circle
containing nine small yellow circles that represents the fruits of the Holy
Spirit: love, peace, joy, generosity, goodness, faith, mildness and temperance
which Mother Theresa received and practiced to an exemplary degree.