The windows are each topped by a round pane with a symbol usually related to the main window topic.
Each window is described below. Clicking on each picture displays the Gospel passage illustrated.
Also in the window we see a vase of lilies, a symbol of purity, but also, perhaps, a reference to the Easter event to which Mary's acceptance leads. The Holy Spirit is portrayed in the form of a dove.
The round pane above contains a crown and palm branches, probably referring to Christ's kingship and his future triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, five days before his Crucifixion.
The Visitation is portrayed in the second window, commemorating the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth's greeting is the source of the second sentence of the Hail Mary. Elizabeth, too, despite her age, is expecting a child, who stirs in her womb at Mary's approach. This child is John the Baptist.
Mary's beautiful response to Elizabeth's greeting is known as the Magnificat, from the Latin for the first line, "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord".
The round pane above depicts a handshake and rays of light. The hands may be Mary's and Elizabeth's, but also may symbolize the new covenant between God and humanity represented by the birth of Jesus.
The Nativity is the topic of the third window. We see Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus in the stable, with the Star of Bethlehem overhead. The figure of Jesus in the manger is brightened by the use of less tinted glass.
The round pane above contains a lighted lamp, signifying Christ as the light of the world.
The presentation of Jesus in the temple is the topic of the next window. Shortly after His birth, His parents took him to the temple to observe rituals of purification. Here, Simeon and Anna declared that Jesus was the Messiah.
In the window above, we see a sacrificial altar with a burning sacrifice, representing the old covenant. Mary and Joseph brought turtledoves or young pigeons to the Temple to be sacrificed, according to custom. Jesus came to establish a new covenant between God and mankind, not sealed with animal sacrifice, but by his own blood on the cross.
In the final window, we see Jesus as a young boy speaking with the elders at the temple. While accompanying Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem at the age of twelve, He was separated from his parents, who found him days later teaching at the temple. This is the only event in the childhood of Jesus recorded in the gospels.
The pane above features a menorah and the ten commandments, again signifying the covenant between God and mankind which Jesus was to perfect. The ten commandments are split between the two tablets in groups of three and seven, because the first three deal with mankind's relationship with God, and the last seven deal with our relationships with other people.