Mary Magdalene dei Pazzi Window Carmelite Monastery Boxmeer, The Netherlands
Full view of the window dedicated to Maria Magdalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607), the Carmelite mystic from Florence, Italy. Most of her life was spent as a nun in the enclosed Carmelite monastery of Florence.
Middle Section
Mary Magdalen, in ecstasy, receives communion from the hand of the Carmelite St. Albert of Sicily. A nearby sister stands ready to record the event.
The top section of the window
Identifies the donor as Madeleine de Cusance van den Bergh and the year as 1654.
Traditional symbol for Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi -- the heart on fire, pierced by an arrow.
Bottom section of window
The inscription, in Latin, reads "Blessed Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi is revived with angelic food. Truly great and wonderful, fed at the banquet of teh Divine Lamb; consumed by zeal, Magdalen is revived by Albert with divine grace. By his right hand, she rejoices as the two meet. Wonderful faith, amazing love, zealous hope, she has all these. Why marvel such bread has such gifts.
		Curator: Sunny Bruijns, O. Carm. February 2006