Fifth
Sunday after the Epiphany
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty
of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our
Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Epiphany Five
Beverly
Wirth
Free At Last
mixed
media collage
8x11"
2003
The cross represents our bondage to sin, and the loosed rope is our freedom made possible by Jesus Christ. The five flowers on the cross represent the five wounds of christ, whose centers are droplets or essence of the pain of the cross itself. The red leaves remind us of the Blood of Christ, the means of our redemption. The sixth bloom at lower right symbolizes liberty itself, the joyful result of His sacrifice.