Large crucifix at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., damaged by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23. (Photo: Penny Starr/CNSNews.com)
Large crucifix at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., damaged by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23. (Photo: Penny Starr/CNSNews.com)
Catholic ping!
Still, it's "only" a statue and a building.
The parishoners will rebuild and repair.
No. The Crucified Christ DID NOT lose an arm, a statue did.
Notice it doesn't say arms.
Or as al jizzera reports it: Christ disarmed by allah...
Liberal brick flash mob.
Pyro why is this a Catholic Caucus thread?
Following up on comments from earlier threads, the symbolism of the recent east coast earthquake grows for those who wish to see it that way. The spires of the national cathedral, the Washington monument, and a statue of the crucified Christ in the oldest Catholic parish in the original founding colony.
The regular 10:00 a.m. Mass on the first Sunday of the month is celebrated in Latin. This form of Mass is the regular Mass most Catholics are used to (“Novus Ordo,” or “Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite”), only celebrated in Latin
Never understood why a parish would choose to do that (as opposed to a Tridentine Mass).
Anyway, may the church be protected from future calamity (nature and human-caused), including the coming hurricane.
...damage seems symbolic of Christ’s devotion to holding up the church in times of trouble....
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I like that view.
Just a flesh wound!
One time I heard a homily that reminds me of this picture. At some parish, a wacko had taken the hands off an outdoor statue of Jesus that faced a busy street. Someone hung a sign around the neck of the statue saying “You are My Hands”.
Maybe this parish is being reminded that it is Jesus’ right arm.
There is no such thing as coincidence. Some of the visionaries of the BVM have spoken about her holding back the arm of Jesus. Maybe we are about to get a celestial spanking. Rosary time.