The wind, flames of fire, and the dove all
represent the spirit of God. The artist shows us a similar dove hovering over the
pregnant Mary in the Nativity window.
From the church's inception, it has been the
tradition to receive the gift of God's Spirit through the rite of "laying on of
hands". Here we see an artist's interpretation of this rite.
The stones on the road remind us of the
words of the Psalmist (repeated in Matthew 21:42), "The stone that the builders
rejected has become the keystone:"