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 John's
major interest was in feeding pigeons. He used his own croissant
with nutella spread! |
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 As
you walk into the cathedral, this is what you see. We walked in to
sweet choral music being sung by a group of nuns standing on the platform.
This picture and the rest of the pictures on this page are from postcards that Mako scanned in. Mako tried to take a few pictures, but they didn't turn out too well. But he really wanted to capture the effect of the cathedral and share it with you. So here it is! |
 Here
is a view from the right side of the cathedral. |
 Light
streamed down into the cathedral through this dome. The windows are
mostly white and yellow stained glass. It created a beautiful effect
in the rest of the cathedral. |
 At
the top of the dome, there is an artistic rendering of the Ascension of
Jesus. |
 There
were stained glass windows all around the cathedral, of course.
These two depict |
 Walking
around to the right, this is what you see: small chapel and prayer
stations |
 This
group of stained glass windows depicts the crucifixion and death of Jesus
at the center. To the left is Jesus praying in Gethsemane. To the right
is Jesus being laid in a tomb. In
front of the windows is a statue of the young Mary holding Jesus as a
small child. It is one of the best encapsulations of the
birth and death of Jesus that we've seen. |
 The
Pieta. Mary grieving over the dead body of Jesus. |
 Silver
angels holding up the monstrance, at the front of the central altar. |
 One
of the fonts and memorials of the consecration of the chapel. |
On our third day in Paris, we
visited Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart), the chapel finished in 1914. It is
visible from other areas of Paris because sits on the hill overlooking
Montmartre. Here
are Ming and Mari standing in front of Sacre-Coeur. To get here, we
took a cable car up the hill. We would have had a nice view of the
city, but unfortunately there was a low-level fog that day.
A
statue of Jesus stands at the front gate. Sacre-Coeur was built starting in 1870 following France's
defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. There was a mood of repentance in
France that culminated in the building of this chapel. It is unusually
Jesus-centered and was not built in the Gothic style.
Here
he is, concentrating on the birds. By the way, if you can read his
shirt, it says, "Shortfin Mako." We thought that was
rather appropriate.