Art: FAITH & WORKS

Chartres Cathedral is a 700-year-old witness to the truth that faith can work miracles. Christ, who was born in a stable, has no more beautiful home on earth.

These ten reproductions of Chartres' matchless stained-glass windows tell the story of His coming. Each panel is a chapter: the annunciation to the Virgin that she is to be the mother of Jesus, the birth in the manger, the glad tidings to the shepherds, the star-guided Magi's visit to King Herod, the presentation of Jesus at the temple, Joseph's dream-warning of Herod's murderous plan, the flight into Egypt, and Herod's massacre of the newborn...

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