Needless to say, I have visited many, many churches all over the world. In South America, some of the facades are stories high and covered in gold with full scale icons. Not to mention one of the large Cathedrals in Lima, Peru. You'd better just ask about that one in person. In Europe, we visited the Vatican with all of it's incredible art, saw relics and century old buildings.
The Catholic Church is still mysterious to me. Such tradition, rites and ritual. I must admit that I don't understand it all.
Last night, a friend and I visited one closer to home. The local Catholic Church holds monthly tours of their beautiful new building and off we went. It was a good opportunity to ask questions and to come to better understanding. The building, built in 2005, was beautiful. It was unlike the ornate churches I've seen elsewhere and I really liked the feel of the space-open and clean.
For the first time, I got past all of the decor and was able to hear about their beliefs. It was incredible to see the devotion and faith, and somehow renewed and solidified my faith even though I am a member of another church.
The church in Hyde Park holds tours the first Tuesday of every month in the evenings. I would completely recommend getting out there.
2 comments:
Faith is Faith...whether it's your own or to another church. When you see true Faith displayed- it always helps to build and sustain your OWN testimony! Faith is good, faith is strong, no matter the religion!! How beautiful, I loved this post!
Well, whatdaya know- this is the church that I go to! Glad you enjoyed one of the monthly tours; I love the modern and humble grace of this church as well.
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