Last Sunday the beginning ceremony of the Paris Cathedral, symbol of France, took place, after 5 years of renovation since the fire, most likely due to the premeditation of April 15, 2019 and extinguished only 23 minutes after the first flames. It was hard to choose a better day for specified a ceremony, after all, on 8 December is the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the NMP. The celebrated Paris Cathedral, known and from the fresh by Viktor Hugo, accepted on that day over 2 and a half 1000 participants, and the ceremony began by Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich, a native of Alsace. Of course, there were besides French president Emmanuel Macron with her spouse, and even guests from across the Atlantic like Donald Trump or Elon Musk(!) or Italian president Sergio Matarelli, accompanied by Laura's daughter and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The president of Ukraine Zelenski besides arrived, but Pope Francis did not appear, most likely a reaction to blasphemous incidents from the inauguration of this year's Olympics in Paris. But the Pope has found time to visit Corsica recently! She besides amazed the absence of a pair of royal Spain, especially as the reigning families from Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco and the successor of the throne of England arrived. The ceremony of reopening the Notre-Dame Cathedral was perfected by the sound of restored bells, and already on Saturday evening a performance on the renovated organ of the cathedral (Totus Tuus Henry Mikołaj Górecki!). France was long the oldest daughter of the Church, considering the date of her baptism in 496 erstwhile King Chlodwig was baptized in thanks to the victorious conflict of Tulbiac with the Alemans. According to another version, he did so possibly only under the influence of the married Princess of the Burgundy Clotilda. In any case, he was baptized by Bishop Reims, St. Remigius. It should be added that Christianity was promoted much earlier on in the lands of the future France – then the Frankic kingdoms – through Saint Dionysius and St Martin of Tours.
Paris regained its cathedral after specified a mysterious fire and there are any timid signs of the Renaissance of faith, but the question is frequently heard – France, what have you done with your baptism? And John Paul II, visiting Paris in 1980, spoke of this cathedral.: “Notre-Dame is simply a historical place, a sacred place. Here we meet the genius of France expressed in the architecture of this temple 8 centuries ago and who is always present to witness about Man.” It besides seems that for the deficiency of government and prime minister in France, it is the Blessed Virgin Mary who is now looking after the destiny of the French Republic...Another Prime Minister, F. Bayrou, will only begin his delicate mission tomorrow...And may the calls from minarets not be stifled by the Christian tradition!
Marek Baterovich
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