{"id":78,"date":"2023-07-03T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/st-johns\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2023-07-11T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:23:00","slug":"the-nave-windows-the-blessed-virgin-mary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/st-johns\/interior-and-stained-glass\/the-nave-windows-the-blessed-virgin-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nave Windows: The Blessed Virgin Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stained<\/a>As we face the altar, the first window on the right depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. Mary is wearing a crown and the grisaille rondel at the top depicts her Coronation as Queen of Heaven. It follows the same design pattern as the window of Our Lord. The central figure is framed by a series of rondels that alternate between grisaille portrayals of various events and gold-toned symbols mostly associated with Mary. The seven grisaille rondels are magnificent miniatures of the Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary to which are added the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven, the last of the Glorious Mysteries, and a depiction of the Flight into Egypt.
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The Portrait<\/h3>\n

\"Stained<\/a>The figure shows Mary garbed in a white robe and red cloak. This 19th century interpretation shows Our Lady garbed in colors different from the blue and white colors to which 20th and 21st century Catholics are accustomed.<\/p>\n

In the ventilator there is a bouquet of lilies, symbol of the purity of the Virgin Mary.
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The Rondels<\/h3>\n

Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>Queen of Heaven is one of many titles applied to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The title comes in part from ancient Catholic teaching that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was bodily and spiritually assumed into heaven, and that she is there honored as Queen. The Catholic teaching on Mary as Queen is expressed in the papal encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam, issued by Pope Pius XII in 1954. It states that Mary is called Queen of Heaven because her son, Jesus Christ, is the heavenly king of the universe.
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