Would you believe me if I told you this church was heavily bombed during WWII? Yeah, really. There did some pretty darn-tootin' impressive restorations here. This church floored me to begin with. It really does show 17thc style. (at least to my mind's eye it does).I'm now going to quote to you from the church's English pamphlet.
A statue found and preserved "without hands"and respondent to prayers of an anonymous Flemish person of the 15th century "Christ does not have hands - he only has our hands to do his work today..."
Now I ask you to take a moment, to sit, look up and wonder at the works of God around us and say thanks. Then stand up, and find a way to use your hands to the glory of God.
Wikipedia link in Italian or English
taken June 2010 - Church of San Pietro di Banchi, Genoa
Amen. It reminds me of someone at our church care group who said that in our conflicts we should look for where we can grow--always looking at "disasters" from a godly point of view. Thanks for the thoughts.
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