Sometimes, all you've got left to do is to sing, pray, cry or keep silent. But it's nice to know that Parisians can still get emotional about incidents like this.
Crowds gathered late Monday night outside Notre Dame, singing "Ave Maria" and other hymns while the iconic cathedral burned. As the mourners sang and prayed, French officials said the building's towers have been saved, the AP reports.
Crowds gathered late Monday night outside Notre Dame, singing "Ave Maria" and other hymns while the iconic cathedral burned. As the mourners sang and prayed, French officials said the building's towers have been saved, the AP reports.
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The videos and photos of people praying and singing "Ave Maria" are uplifting. Perhaps faith is not lost in France. The fire is reported to be an accident. If the French can renew their faith from this, untouched by the anger which would have accompanied an arson report, that would be wonderful.
I assume you've seen the photos of the altar cross lit by the sun this morning.
No I haven't. Going to have to chase that one down. ;-)
The photo is on the main page at Fox News now, and I suppose somebody on Twitter will have it for you if you want to put it here.
Macron has vowed to rebuild, saying, “I’m telling you all tonight — we will rebuild this cathedral together,” Mr Macron said. “This is probably part of the French destiny. And we will do it in the next years. Starting tomorrow, a national donation scheme will be started that will extend beyond our borders.”
I have no doubt that many, many Catholic and other religious organizations will mount fund-raising campaigns.
The two bell towers and most of the remaining stone exterior are in good shape. The historic organ was spared. The Crown of Thorns, a revered "relic" has been saved. Firefighters also saved many irreplaceable art works. Many of the larger sculptures had already been removed for the renovation work.
A traditional mass celebrated last Friday inside the cathedral, three days before the fire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXVUgEHiQSk
Notice the ad orientem celebration. If they still did mass like this, I might be Roman.
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