I won't spend too much time writing about the Basilique Notre-Dame of Montreal.
It's grandiosity mostly speaks for itself, and there is a world of information available to those wish to know more. (see the Basilica website here, or the wikipedia entry here)
I will say however, that I feel quite grateful to have seen this architectural masterpiece with my own eyes, to have sat in its its pews and marveled at the world we live in and at the imagination and creativity of the people who inhabit it together.
It won't surprise anyone who knows me to know that at one point,
I simply sat down and cried at the majesty of it all.
One of these days maybe I will encounter beauty without a tear dropping from my eye,
but then again .. maybe not.
My photos, I am afraid, show nothing of the detail found inside.
I strongly suggest following those links to see better quality images.
This staircase for example, was just . . . WOW. . . up close and personal, but the photo ... eh.
Frankly I was just too busy wandering around gawking to really get a good picture. I also apparently missed out on a room full of contemporary Christian art that I was told later would have blown my mind. Sigh. Oh well.
2 comments:
That just looks breathtaking. Can you imagine worshipping there every week? Awe inspiring.
They've sure got the luminosity thing going there!
It's possible I wouldn't have cried as you did, but I probably would have been farklempt!
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