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    Senior Member CathyA's Avatar
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    I heard that they suspect that the fire started with some of the renovation work being done.

    Curious.....on my way home from buying groceries in our small town, I was getting ready to pass a really nice house that I always notice. It's on a very small piece of property in the woods, but it's beautiful...brick. They have a little gazebo and it's all very beautiful in the woods. Well, today as I passed it............It had all burned down!! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Anyhow........it's such a small scale compared to the Cathedral........but devastating to the owners, nonetheless. No one was hurt. But it was shocking to see.
    I was moved by the news showing people in Paris, standing together in large groups, stunned, watching the cathedral burn, quietly singing. Today I'm feeling bad for everyone everywhere..........

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    "Library fines are still accruing though!"
    You might expect amnesty, but nooo...

    I understand they managed to salvage a considerable number of treasures. I hate when monuments, museums, irreplaceable buildings are destroyed, as so many have been throughout history. At least this one will be restored.

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    The rooster from the top of the spire has been recovered. Dented, but otherwise OK.

    The organ survived intact.

    The news is not all bad.

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    I was surprised people believe the actual thorn crown that was on Jesus's head was in the church and rescued. The crucifixion was a disgrace at the time, not something I imagine early Christians looking for relics of. The resurrection, now that's another story, one of triumph.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yppej View Post
    I was surprised people believe the actual thorn crown that was on Jesus's head was in the church and rescued. The crucifixion was a disgrace at the time, not something I imagine early Christians looking for relics of. The resurrection, now that's another story, one of triumph.
    If your faith tradition doesn’t include such things, it is easy to discount them.

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    On the news, it looked like the crown of thorns they saved was golden.....?? Or maybe they took the original one and dipped it in something later??

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    here is more than anyone probably wants to know about the purported "crown of thorns" that was stored in Notre Dame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_thorns

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    I am glad some items were saved. As far as the original crown fairy tales are free.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff View Post
    How long until you can buy a charred T shirt?

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    Undoubtedly the char will look like the face of the Virgin Mary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
    Undoubtedly the char will look like the face of the Virgin Mary.
    (No disrespect intended).

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