Lawrence OP posted a photo:
"Designed and sculpted by Tim Pomeroy, 2011. Carved from Carrara marble, the font is where new believers are initiated into the Church through baptism; it also provides flowing holy water for the faithful who, on entering God?s house, are reminded of their own baptism and their on-going call to holiness.
The frieze that decorates the font depicts John the Baptist baptising. Jesus, the only figure standing alone, is shown as one of the people who went down to the Jordan to be baptised by John. The inscription on the south face points to the deeper significance of Christian baptism, while the north face has the fuller form of Glasgow?s motto.
The artist has carved some 166 characters, many of which are portrayed as searching for something. One can imagine people coming to be baptised by John and later meeting Jesus and being taken into his own ministry. Other figures in the frieze reappear in the teachings and inspirational stories of Jesus".
- from the official guidebook to St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow.
One is led from the font of baptism to the altar of God, seen beyond where one is nourished by Christ's Body and Blood, and to the ambo, where one is nourished by the Word of God in Scripture; in its waters we glimpse a reflection of our heavenly calling.
