26 June 2007

Mater Dolorosa

Mother of sorrow,
of love, mercy and grace,
turn your eyes
in pity on us.

Mother of Sorrows, pray for us!
-Detail of Our Lady's altar, St. John the Baptist church, Quincy, Illinois.

11 comments:

  1. That is fantastic. I love the inlay.

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  2. What will happen to all the sacred art in the Churches that are closing down?

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  3. I've been thinking about that, too, but didn't want to mention it before.

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  4. That's an excellent question, Andrew. I wish I knew.

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  5. In your own words, it never hurts to ask. Maybe something could go to Annunciation parish.

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  6. If no one wants any of it, I have lots of space in my house.... perhaps you can convey mind kind offer to the Bishop, Father? =)

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  7. I'll keep you in mind, Andrew, for whatever I don't want ;)

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  8. Ahhhhh!

    I HOPE and PRAY you diocese has a home for its history!!! Cleveland learned its lesson a long time ago. After windows ended up in bars, pews in restaurants and confessionals became phonebooths, we built a warehouse and stored our things so that when someone renovates they may reuse some of our history.

    PLEASE make sure that stuff has a home. - If not even for yourself, save someone from going into a bar and seeing even this beautiful piece being used to set beers on or something!!!

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  9. I have suggested it before and will suggest it again.

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  10. Holy Yard Sale, Batman!!! I know the Philadelphia Archdiocese recently held a sale of stained glass windows that were salvaged and no other church wanted. One church I know of had a significant fire and when they rebuilt the church, they used many elements salvaged from parish churches that had been closed. I like the idea of a holy re-use-it store.

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  11. It is a great shame that more such store houses do not exist.

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