Father, I hope you would never contemplate a placing a 'resurrectifix' in your sanctuary as in the first picture! Whenever I see those in a Church, I immediately think of Paul's saying in I Corinthians:
"For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ CRUCIFIED, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
YOW! The fifth and sixth ones down are amazing. I can't make out the flags painted on the walls above the side altars - do you know where this church is?
Number eight, with the gold and white drapes, is a bit much!
Saint Joseph's is so amazing that I find it hard to believe it needs help from these!
These churches are all stunning and each of us might have our favorite in the group but that doesn't mean one should try to "drag and drop" elements from one of them and import to Saint Joseph's. Church design is not meant to be ala carte. Each theme has architectual elements that work together to create the total impression.
No Father, please do not import them to your beautiful Church. Send them to some parishes in South Georgia that whose sanctuaries barely look Catholic.
The first image brings to mind an immediate thought of how it must have looked before. I imagine a great reredoe in the Sanctuary with perhaps a High Altar vertically drawing the eyes up. That is all gone now but the impression from the structure makes you think what was there before and perhaps what is missing. That would render the new "look" a failure from an architectural standpoint to me. Bland and uninspiring.
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Father, I hope you would never contemplate a placing a 'resurrectifix' in your sanctuary as in the first picture! Whenever I see those in a Church, I immediately think of Paul's saying in I Corinthians:
"For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ CRUCIFIED, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
We need Christ crucified, Father.
YOW! The fifth and sixth ones down are amazing. I can't make out the flags painted on the walls above the side altars - do you know where this church is?
Number eight, with the gold and white drapes, is a bit much!
Oh, and please don't get the hanging basket plant stands in picture number one.
I agree with skeeton on the "resurrectifix" and PI on the hanging plants.
On the rest, truly beautiful, number 1 less so than the others, but all appear to be a very enjoyable and fitting place for Mass.
Saint Joseph's is so amazing that I find it hard to believe it needs help from these!
These churches are all stunning and each of us might have our favorite in the group but that doesn't mean one should try to "drag and drop" elements from one of them and import to Saint Joseph's. Church design is not meant to be ala carte. Each theme has architectual elements that work together to create the total impression.
No Father, please do not import them to your beautiful Church. Send them to some parishes in South Georgia that whose sanctuaries barely look Catholic.
Skeeton and Robert Kumpel said it well!
The first image brings to mind an immediate thought of how it must have looked before. I imagine a great reredoe in the Sanctuary with perhaps a High Altar vertically drawing the eyes up. That is all gone now but the impression from the structure makes you think what was there before and perhaps what is missing. That would render the new "look" a failure from an architectural standpoint to me. Bland and uninspiring.
I think our church is so much prettier than all of these!! We are unique.
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