This window is
centered around the bright morning star that Jesus portrays himself as in the
book of revelations- Revelations 22: 16.... "I am.... The Bright Morning
Star". The rising of the morning star (Jesus) is mentioned again in 2
Peter 2: 19 "Moreover we posses the prophetic message that is altogether
reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a
dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your
hearts". Here St. Peter is urging us to keep our eyes of faith fixed on
Jesus during the night of our earthly pilgrimage so that when he does appear on
the last day in the fullness of time we will be longing to see Him. This must
be a daily act of faith of longing as the bright morning star rises every
morning before dawn. We must be attentive to the bright morning star every day
of our lives so that on our last day we will eager to meet Jesus - the Bright
morning star.
Surrounding the
central image are twenty small light blue circles representing the twenty
mysteries of the rosary, which is a contemplative prayer on the life of Jesus
while on earth and of His glory now in heaven. By contemplating some of these
mysteries every day as we have been urged to do by Mary our mother and by many
popes and saints we will be focusing our attention on the bright morning star.
Also surrounding the central image are twelve red-orange-yellow-blue fire like
shapes that represent the divine fire of love that Jesus came to set a blaze
here on earth and in our hearts. Below and to the left of the central image is
a large oval, which contains the Star of David that represents Jesus' human
lineage in the Jewish people. Below and to the right of the central image is an
oval that contains the cross-surrounded by a burning light that represents his
Divine Love and self-sacrificial love for us. In the lower left and right of
the window are two circles. The one on the left represents the Old Testament
and contains the five-pointed star of the old covenant and the eight-pointed
star of the new covenant, which is anticipated and foretold in the Old
Testament. The circle in the lower right represents the new covenant, which
fulfills and replaces the old covenant. The two circles the lower middle of the
window contain the Alpha and the Omega the first and last letters of the Greek
alphabet and is another symbol Jesus used to describe himself as the beginning
and end of all things.