The original painting is a part of a larger set of mural work created for St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Cave Creek, Arizona. The works commissioned by Fr. Chad King, Pastor, represent the essential action of the Mass, Christ’s eternal self-offering into the hands of the Father, which inaugurates the new creation and opens the gates of Heaven to all who believe. Christ crucified, (an actual three dimensional crucifix provided by F.C. Zielger's King's House, is set on the painted background, portraying it as the New Tree of Life. Set in an artistic vision of the New Creation, glorified local plants of the Phoenix desert landscape are incorporated to show that even our local place will be caught up in God’s saving actions. The liturgical scene of Christ’s self offering is attended by Archangels Michael and Gabriel and providentially watched over by a dramatic portrayal of God the Father in whom is held all power, the whole cosmos, and perfect love.