Gates of Paradise, 1425–1452. Gilt bronze. Lorenzo Ghiberti (Italian, 1378–1455)
Clean my hands, purify my heart, that I may ascend your mountain.
Teach me your ways, show me your paths, that I might walk in your light.
Rise you gates, open old doors, fall away works of men!
From the house of Jacob, The King of Glory has beckoned all to “come in!”
Lift up your heads, and be lifted up, for his blessings have made us kin.
The Earth is his, and the fullness thereof… The world, and all we herein.