Through our grief over Notre Dame, gerardtbaker sees a metaphor for the struggle at the heart of our modern world—something that goes beyond Catholic and even Christian faith
Can you recall an event that didn’t involve the loss of a single life that has had a more powerful emotional effect on the world than the devastation of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris this week?
It wasn’t just shocked Parisians gathered in the shadow of this stately old church on Monday evening who wept openly. I’ve heard countless stories of the religious and faithless alike around the world who shed a tear as they watched the images of soaring flames and billowing smoke above the famous city skyline.
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