Stained Glass Windows of Trinity Lutheran Church

Theme: The Lord’s Supper
Description:
This window depicts the second sacrament
in the Lutheran Church: The Lord’s Supper.
Martin Luther, in his Small Catechism, tells
us that the Lord’s Supper is “the true body
and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the
bread and wine, instituted by Christ Himself
for us Christians to eat and to drink.” This is an
awesome gift through which God delivers his
gifts to his people. Luther goes on to write
about the Lord’s Supper that “forgiveness of sins,
life, and salvation are given us through these
words. For where there is forgiveness of sins,
there is also life and salvation.” In this window
we see grapes and wheat around the outside
symbolizing the wine and the bread that are
used in the Lord’s Supper. In the middle of this
window there is a circular shaped communion
wafer and a chalice. These two images show us
the form that Jesus’ true body and blood take
when we receive the Lord’s Supper. In the center
and covering these elements is what looks
like the letter “P” with lines through it. This
two-symbol combination is the Greek letter
combination “Chi Rho,” which is a symbol for
Christ. The lower panel of this window depicts
Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, whose blood
was shed to forgive the sins of the world.
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