Gabriel at Golgotha
by Nolan Kelley
(Bronze sculpture, 2001, 13 inches high)
Church of the Heavenly Rest - Abilene, Texas
nolanandsharon@sbcglobal.net
 

 
The Archangel Gabriel was given the singular honor of announcing to Mary that she would be the Mother of Jesus: the Son of God. One can only imagine the depth of pain and sense of helplessness that Gabriel must have experienced when confronted with the reality of the Son of God dying in agony upon a cross. In the midst of the horror of such a sacrifice, even an archangel might find such "love astounding" to be beyond comprehension.