In our discussion about the destruction by fire of Notre Dame cathedral, and her rebuilding, Menagerie wrote on April 17, 2019:
As moving as the altar is the statue of Mary holding Christ. Notre Dame, Our Lady, always presenting Christ to His people, even when she held him, taken down from the cross. The most touching thing to me about the Pieta is that outstretched left hand of hers, reaching out to us, even in her sorrow and agony and His death.
Notre Dame is so much more to the world than a beautiful cathedral. People don’t grasp so well why it matters, but it matters because the Mother of God gives us her son. That can’t be added to or subtracted from in the final result. I hope that Notre Dame is rebuilt and stands ever more glorious. I personally don’t think that the secularists can undo what is, represented so well, so beautifully, so lastingly in the Cathedral in Paris. She is more than stone, mortar, wood, and even rose windows and spires.
As Menagerie said, the cathedral is more than stone, mortar, wood and even rose windows and spires. These human creations prompt us to remember the meaning of “Notre Dame”, “Our Lady”. Here she is, restored:
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