This window is
centered around the image of the Annunciation, where Mary is asked to become
the Mother of Savior and gives her Life affirming reply "Be it done to me
according to your word". The Annunciation scene is recorded in Luke 1:
28-38 as follows: And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace! The
Lord is with thee. But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered
what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, "Do not
be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive
in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and
will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne
of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of
his kingdom there will be no end." But Mary said to the angel, " How
can this be since I have no relations with a man?" And the angel said to
her in reply, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called
holy, the Son of God" ... And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid
of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angle
departed from her. It is at this moment that the great mystery of the
Incarnation of the Son of God assumes a human nature through the power of God
the Holy Spirit, which he will offer up at the crucifixion for our salvation.
Mary is greeted with a royal hail as the woman (new Eve) promised in Genesis
whose seed (Jesus the new Adam) would crush the head of the serpent (the
devil).
In the central
image is a white dove representing the Holy Spirit, Who overshadows Mary,
causing her to conceive the Son of God.
Surrounding the central image are twenty small light blue circles that
represent the twenty mysteries of the rosary. The Annunciation is the first
mystery of the joyful mysteries. Among some of the blue circles are seven
yellow/orange/red stars the represent the seven spirits that surround the
throne of God (book of Revelations.
Above the central
image is a symbol of God the Father, who with God the Son sends the Holy
Spirit, who causes Mary to conceive Jesus. Below the central image is the Holy Eucharist, which is a
sacramental incarnation of Jesus Ð body, blood soul and divinity and which is
also brought into being by the power of the Holy Spirit. On the right of the
holy Eucharist is an image of the glorious cross of Jesus on which he offered
his life out of obedience to the Father and love for us. To the left of the
Eucharist is an image of the Menorah, which is a symbol of the people of Israel
and of which Mary is the prime female archetype.