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| An aerial photograph of the Chesapeake
Bay Watershed served as the abstract composition for the themes of
"Redemption and Nature" in this rose window. At the center
of the color map, a dark abyss represents the shroud of Original Sin.
From behind this abyss the emerging light of the waning solar eclipse
at the time of the Crucifixion represents the Redemption of the world
through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ. A spiral helix
of thorns extends out over the map of color. The helix, a symbol of
human life, and the thorns, a symbol of the Redemption, are combined
here to demonstrate man's connection to the events of Redemption.
The aerial view of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed brings the reasons
for and events of Redemption into our time and locality, further reinforcing
and revitalizing our connection to God and Creation, to Christ and
his Passion and Resurrection and to the Holy Spirit and our faith.
With some small effort, the major metropolitan areas of the Chesapeake,
Baltimore and Washington, D.C., can be discerned amidst the patchwork
of farmlands. The map is centered with Beltsville appearing at the
source of the rays of light. |
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