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Mary, Mother of the Church

The motherhood of Mary began with the consent she gave in faith at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross. By her maternal love, Mary cares for all the brothers and sisters of her Son who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties until they are led to their heavenly home.

"Let the entire body of the faithful pour forth persevering prayer to the Mother of God and Mother of us all. Let them implore that she who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers may now, exalted as she is in heaven above all the saints and angels, intercede with her Son in the fellowship of all the saints. May she do so until all the peoples of the human family are gathered together in peace and harmony..." Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, 62, 69.

Christ the True Vine

Images of growth and life have often been used in Christian tradition to describe our relationship to God. Jesus Himself provides many examples in the Scriptures. One notable example is Jesus' statement "I am the True Vine." Only if we are grafted onto this true vine can we have life, nourishment, sustenance. To blossom forth, to bear fruit, the Christian must receive Christ's life. The blossoming and bearing fruit is the daily life of the Christian lived in conformity with God's will bringing forth a harvest of justice, peace, love.

One can read Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches in Chapter 15 of John's Gospel.

The Gift of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the Gift of God's own life to the Church and to each of us individually in the sacrament of Confirmation. Fire symbolizes this gift, which is experienced as energy, desire, motivation. This gift of the Spirit, given first to the twelve Apostles, the foundation stones of the Church - comes down from above to rest on the Church. At the same time the flames leap up to be re-united to their divine source, drawing us always back to God. Until we are fully re-united with God, this fire, this flame, this Spirit empowers and energizes us to do God's work of healing, forgiveness, compassion, LOVE.

成人抖音破解版 Seal

This window uses symbols that are taken from the 成人抖音破解版 seal and represented in abstract form. They offer students, faculty and staff an opportunity to reflect on the purpose of a Catholic university. The eagle, taken from the coat of arms of Archbishop John Mark 成人抖音破解版, the founder of our University, symbolizes St. John, the author of the fourth Gospel, whose words, soaring like an eagle, carry us into the heavens. Behind the eagle is the sun which stands for enlightenment, the purpose of all education. Below are two symbols of learning: the lamp and the book. They symbolize the work and effort that must be applied in order to achieve enlightenment. The water is symbolic of the water of Lake Erie, near which the University is located.

Risen Christ

"Christ, the mediator between God and humanity, has passed beyond our sight, not to abandon us but to be our hope." The image of Christ, crucified and risen calls us to our responsibility to the world in which we live. Christ calls us to renew the world in His image, to reconcile all things in Him. What an awesome calling! We can fulfill it only in the power of Christ who has conquered all the forces of sin and death, and makes that power available to all who bear His name.

Eucharist

The Eucharist is at the heart of Catholic life and worship. It is the gathering of the people of God around the Lord's table to be fed with Christ's Body and Blood. It is the sacrifice by which we are drawn ever more deeply into the mystery of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection. The Eucharist is also the enduring presence of Christ with his Church.

The Eucharist is the Body of Christ broken for us; the Blood of Christ poured out in the enduring symbol of Christ's love for us. As we partake of the sacrament we seek to be bread broken for others, grapes pressed into a wine which is poured out in service to our sisters and brothers.

Baptism

"How can a person be born again?" asks Nicodemus in the Gospel of John. Jesus answers, "Unless you are born again of water and Spirit you shall not enter the kingdom of God." We come to the fountain of baptism, whether as infant or adult, where Christ's life-giving love is poured out upon us. Through baptism God gives a spring of water welling up to eternal life in the heart of each Christian. Whoever drinks of this living water, Jesus promises, will never thirst again.

Baptism is the source, the fountain, from which flows the life of the Church. To enter the water of baptism is to be initiated into the dying and rising of Jesus.

The Tree of Life

The symbol of the tree of life is found at both the very beginning and very end of Scripture.  The Garden of Eden planted by God is given to the first human being. "God made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden..." (Gen. 2:9) The book of Revelation describes the heavenly Jerusalem: "On either side of the river (of life-giving water) grew the tree of life that produces fruit twelve times a year, once each month; The leaves of the trees serve as medicine for the nations." (Rev. 22:2) The true tree of life for the Christian is the cross of Christ, "where life has been restored" to humanity. In the cross of Christ we are truly justified before God. Psalm 1 describes this just person as being "like a tree planted near running water that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade.”