SMM Stained Glass Windows

Window #4
The Prophets

The Prophets were those heroes of the old Testament who made God's revelation clearer and clearer, who tongue lashed the Jewish people for their infidelity to Yahweh's covenant, and who frequently paid for their service to God's people by martyrdom at their hands.    In this window, we picture the four "major" prophets.

Isaiah holds a saw, the instrument of his death.

Jeremiah is pictured holding an oversized quill, a tribute to his literary ability; a twisted red collar about his neck recalls the words of his lamentation referring to the yoke of sin about his neck.

Ezechial holds a wheel of fire in his hand, reminiscent of his first vision in which the wheel supports and gives incalculable movement to God's throne.

The fourth prophet, Daniel, appears near the bottom of the window holding a rock in his hand.  The rock refers to his allegory of the Messianic age:  the rock untouched by the hand that crushed the great statue.