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At the top of the central section is an Angel on a cloud of glory. Across this section the words of the ceaseless Angelic chant “Holy, Holy, Holy” are inscribed. Stars surround the picture.

Below this on the left is another Angel of Light holding the sun and the beginning of a rainbow, which ends in its opposite window on the right, showing another Angel holding the moon.

Below these on either hand are the symbols of the Evangelists Matthew, a winged man; Mark, a lion; Luke, a winged ox; and John, an eagle. On the same level on each side are the symbols alpha and omega meaning the beginning and the end. A name for God. To denote God’s eternity and infinity.

The main body of the window consists of five vertical panels. The central is the tallest – here is Christ, crowned as King with His pierced hands raised in blessing. Rays of light emanate from Him in all directions. Behind His head is a cross by which Man’s salvation was won. Above Him is the Dove descending depicting the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity – the Holy Spirit. Immediately beneath the Dove is an ancient symbol of the heavenly host, two winged heads. Below the figure of Christ is a gold chalice and a wafer with Christ’s monogram I.H.S. inscribed thereon. These are wreathed with garlands of wheat and grapes, symbolising that by His Body and Blood we are sustained in soul. Below are the kneeling figures of Archbishop William Laud and St Augustine. Near them are red and white roses by a stream, which surely represents the River of Life. Rev.XXII.1. The panel on the extreme right is headed by: St Michael, a captain of the Host of Heaven; St Alban, a soldier and the first British Martyr, who died for his faith about 305AD; Venerable Bede, Saint, Biblical Scholar and father of English History; St Ethelreda, Abbess, founded a double Monastery at Ely (d.679); St Edmund, King and Martyr (d.870), shown with spears; King Charles I who many consider a Martyr; a Sailor of the Second War; May Hayman, a nurse murdered by Japanese during the Second War. The base of roses and flora, beneath them the sea with fishes.

St Ann, the mother of Our Lady; St Mary Magdalene, a convert and sincere Disciple of Christ, pictured with the embalming vessel; and finally, John Barge, Priest, Missionary and Martyr of New Guinea. The base is part of the river and part of a sea.

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