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)
Posted on 08/25/2011 11:55:55 AM PDT by Pyro7480
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast on Tuesday rattled a church in Alexandria, Va. so hard that bricks fell through a stained glass window in the ceiling and then broke off the right arm of Jesus Christ on a large crucifix above the altar.
The damage occurred at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Old Town Alexandria, just a few miles across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
Further damage to the church included collapsed chimneys and brick walls crumbling. It was the latter that sent bricks tumbling through a stained glass window above the crucifix in the church sanctuary that sheared off Christ’s right arm.
The Rev. Dennis Kleinmann told CNSNews.com that the damage could have been much worse and some parishioners have commented that the damage seems symbolic of Christ’s devotion to holding up the church in times of trouble....
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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.
O NOES! It’s a sign that we should all turn from our right-leaning ways and join the liberals on the left to usher in the age of true world peace.
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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...
Catholic Caucus...just saying.
Liberal brick flash mob.
Pyro why is this a Catholic Caucus thread?
Because this shouldn’t become a theological discussion between iconodules and iconoclasts.
Reasonable answer...thanks. :)
Ok. It is sad that the statue was damaged, I find the headline objectionable however. Sorry.
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.
Yeah. Wait ‘til Irene hits Washington. *sigh*
Make that “unexpectedly” hits Washington...
They used to have the TLM twice a month until last summer, when the priest who offered was reassigned to be the parochial vicar of a new parish, where he continues to do the same there.
...damage seems symbolic of Christ’s devotion to holding up the church in times of trouble....
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I like that view.
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