More than just pretty colored glass

Kölner Dom

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Paris Notre Dame

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Prague St. Vitus


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Bible stories, catechesis, a family album of the Communion of Saints. Inspiration and instruction. And in the cases of these particular churches, a reminder from previous generations of the continuity of the Faith.

Especially in these Gothic Churches with their World's Greatest Stained Glass I thought about Wo Ye, working in Shanghai. I prayed for her, that her art might, in the setting of St. Ignatius Cathedral, come to represent for Shanghai what the Dom, Notre Dame, and St. Vitus mean to Köln, Paris, and Prague. I looked up, and prayed that generations will experience instruction and inspiration from her life's work.

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Love St Vitus especially. When we weren't sure God was going to allow us to have children, we did have dogs. Gilligan, our beagle, went through a terrifying series of seizures and St Vitus is a patron saint of epileptics. When he would have a seizure I would hold him and ask St Francis of Assisi and St Vitus to protect him. Now I ask St Nicholas, St Clare, St Joseph, St Patrick, Bl William Ireland and St Christopher to protect my kids...