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Tantum_ergo said:
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Judas complains about ‘waste’.
Iconoclasts attempt to prohibit what they as being in the 7th century.
Puritans ravage and destroy in any items not deemed ‘plain enough’ in the 17th century.
And today, there’s an outcry that anything which is not perceived of as ‘benefitting the poor’–whether it was created 1 day ago or 1000 years ago–should be immediately taken away and somehow given to “the poor”, but, of course, even if Catholics actually DID that with every blessed (literally) item, they would STILL be disparged for not having done it BEFORE. . .

It’s presented as a no-win situation, but in reality it’s a non issue. And the calls for ‘giving to the poor’ (as if we DIDN’T) and the sneers about Catholic greed are IMO divisive, disparging and unkind, dare I say “unChristian”. . .
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I agree completely. It is the people themselves who built and build most of the beautiful Churches. They may not be able to afford such beauty for their private homes but they can enjoy it together in a house built to reflect God. We tend to build houses in such a way that would make one think that we believe ourselves to be God. Many tend to build ugly buildings for common worship with the intention, I gather, to demonstrate to the world just what we think of Jesus who would dare challenge our superiority.

I used to watch “In the Shoes of the Fisherman”. I used to be very moved by the gift of much of the Vatican treasures to help feed the starving people of China. I used to be very moved until it dawned on me “What happens the next time a government comes along which starves its own people? Who will pull their fannies out of the fire then once all of the Vatican treasure is gone? And who will replace the beauty now displayed at the Vatican?”

CDL
 
GregoryPalamas said:
I see what you mean. That is one warehouse to be sure.

As a friend of mine says, "Perhaps a church building should be thought of as an embassy building.
It ought to reflect its home kingdom rather than the nation in which it is.

When one steps into a church building, one steps into heaven or at least an outpost of heaven."

CDL
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Fortunately, I was able to worship at this embassy once-a-month.

members.aol.com/santaclaracarmel/
 
FCEGM,

What a lovely and reverent place. God granted you a great deal. Are you a nun?

CDL
 
GregoryPalamas said:
FCEGM,

What a lovely and reverent place. God granted you a great deal. Are you a nun?

CDL
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🙂 No, I’m not a nun, but a Secular Discalced Carmelite; my Community meets on the grounds there monthly and finishes the day with Mass in that beautiful chapel. (Now that I’m separated from the Community by a few thousand miles, I am only with them there in spirit.) The Discalced Carmelite friars have a beautiful monastery about twenty minutes from the nuns’ in the hills of San Jose, but it’s built more along more simple lines. This site gives you a glimpse of the friars’ chapel:

discalcedcarmelites.com/OurLife.html
 
Ella said:
LM(well, you know)O!!! That is a very unattractive building. Why build an ugly church???
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Ella, the original intent was to begin with a multi-purpose center and then build a church once the parish developed. Of course the parish developed, but the church was never built and much of the property the church owned was sold to a housing developer. At least the parish has an excuse of not intentionally building an ugly church, but the same can’t be said for other such parishes in that diocese or elsewhere where ugly almost seems to have been a direct intent. 😦
 
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