Libations of Lament: In Which Cup Will You Partake? This is my rendering of Revelations 16:1, "I heard a loud voice speaking from the temple to the seven angels, go and pour out the seven bowls of God's fury upon the earth." In the center of the sculpture is a libation vessel that features seven angels, each holding a trumpet. Each trumpet becomes a pouring spout which serves seven separate cups. Seven cups of lament are ready for the taking. Pictured are (clockwise from top left): drying of riverbeds, scorching intense heat, loathsome skin sores, the death of all sea life, the ultimate earthquake, river and springs turning to blood, and being whorled into the gloom of utter darkness. These plagues are visited throughout the Bible as individual struggles (Moses, Job, David) and communal lament (Books of Lamentations, Revelations). I hope that this sculpture reminds the viewer that there can be ecological consequences of our sin. However, as people of God, we can lament. Crying out to the Lord is a hopeful act of faith.

Through Mary's Intercession