Under the penitential gates
Sustained by staring Seraphim
Where the souls of the devout
Burn invisible and dim.

It is a fertile female holiness
Warm womb from which the Trinity will come
Woman, wife, and mother aware of her allures
Seductive innocence stirring sublimate desire.
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Stained glass: Saints Margaret and Catherine, where Catherine persuades the pagan scholars with her arguments.