Today's Gospel in Art - Time will come when not a single stone will be left

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, built 1163-1345, Île de la Cité, Image of fire, 15 April 2019

Gospel of 26th November 2019 - Luke 21:5-11

When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, 'All these things you are staring at now - the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another: everything will be destroyed.' And they put to him this question: 'Master,' they said 'when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that this is about to take place?'

'Take care not to be deceived,' he said 'because many will come using my name and saying, "I am he" and, "The time is near at hand." Refuse to join them. And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened, for this is something that must happen but the end is not so soon.' Then he said to them, 'Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines here and there; there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.'

Reflection on the Cathedral Fire

In April this year, all of us were shocked and saddened seeing the images of Notre Dame de Paris burning. Built on the Île de la Cité which divides the great banks of the Seine, it originally held a site of a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter. From 1163 onwards, the pagan temple was replaced with the Gothic masterpiece of Notre Dame which took over 200 years to complete. The distinct bell towers have tolled down the ages in celebration of royal weddings, papal visits, coronations, the beatification of Joan of Arc, the funeral of General de Gaulle, and probably one of the more recent events, when the liberation of Paris was celebrated in 1944 with the singing of the Magnificat inside the church walls. The building has thus become one of the most widely celebrated and recognised symbols of the city of Paris and the French nation as a whole. A religious building, still symbolic for a nation.....

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