tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post9111249201100497526..comments2023-10-20T06:41:31.943-07:00Comments on Visits to Candyland: Another comment I left on Candy's blog.Elena LaVictoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108910015959872763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-6791381923779479182008-07-30T08:50:00.000-07:002008-07-30T08:50:00.000-07:00I think the perspective of Candy's commenter is in...I think the perspective of Candy's commenter is interesting. In almost every Catholic church I have ever been in the Crucifix is the prominent eye-catching piece. All of the other statues (Mary/the saints)are smaller and scattered along the sides.<BR/><BR/>Growing up, I always knew which one was Mary and which one was Joseph because that's how you describe which side of the church the bride's guests and groom's guest sit on. ;-) But all of the other statues were just "knick-knacks" in God's house. I was always more taken with the lighting, especially once our church installed stain-glass windows. Sadly, when I walk into most churches, I have no idea who or what the statues are supposed to represent.<BR/><BR/>I could see, though, for someone who was raised going to church in a more plain environment (no statues, stations of the cross, or symbolic stain glass windows) how they could get the wrong idea going into a Catholic church. The onslaught of sights could seem very overwhelming, and you could mistakenly focus on the wrong things and think they are more important than they are.<BR/><BR/>It would be like someone walking in my mother's house and thinking that the place was bought to showcase her tea pot and ceramic turtle collection.Barbara C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03568254165279635079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-57648982327762770062008-07-30T06:34:00.000-07:002008-07-30T06:34:00.000-07:00Thank You....I was going to mention that we have a...Thank You....I was going to mention that we have an adult statue of Jesus at our Church and I've been to many Catholic Church's that depict Jesus in his adult form.Maggiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261594720430719365noreply@blogger.com