It was closed when I arrived, so I could only take pictures from the outside.
The rose window has the right number of columns (there are two of them under each arm of the cross), but a strange number of petals: 8, which is the messianic number.
It seems that the motto of Glasgow derives from a sermon of Saint Mungo: "Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word", trunkating it to the first part only.
I was thinking to this image yesterday, reading chapter 40 of the Ecclesiasticus:
"from the man who wears purple and a crown
to the man clothed in sacking..."
After the passion of Jesus this words have a very different meaning: God conquered our being human without any exclusion.
The image of Mary is there to witness the mistery of the Cross: how is it that when we are called to proclaim the resurrection, we experience the suffering of the Cross?
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Dear Galileo
I'm sorry you didn't see the inside - we close the church from 1.00 to 4.00 p.m. on Saturdays. Next time you are here, if it is closed, just ring the bell at the Retreat next door and we will be happy to open the church for you.
Galilei said...
