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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | |||
For his personal arms, His Excellency, Bishop Medley has adopted a design that reflects his heritage and his ministry as a priest of Jesus Christ. The upper half is silver with three stars and four small bars all in black, these symbols are taken from the arms of a certain Medley family and thus used to represent the bishop's name. The lower half is derived from some Hayden family, used as a symbol to represent his mother Dorothy Hayden. | |||
The small blue inescutcheon shows a symbol for St. Mary. This charge expresses His Excellency’s deep devotion to the Blessed Mother. | |||
For his motto Bishop Medley has selected the phrase “HOLY IS GOD’S NAME.” This phrase from Saint Luke’s Gospel (Luke 1:49) expresses the awe, wonder and majesty that is the reality of God, who is holy! | |||
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[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Source: http://www.americancatholic.org/features/lent/faqle9902.asp | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Medley]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Medley]] | ||