This is the season of renewal. Whether you celebrate Easter, Passover, or the Vernal Equinox, spring engenders hope. The fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during the Christian Holy Week was a horrific sight. Paris has lost an icon. However, the city has many examples of places that represent renewal.
A couple of miles away from Notre Dame is the church of St. Gervais. A German rocket came through the roof of this church during World War I – on Good Friday. Eighty congregants were killed in the bombing. The church was rebuilt. The windows at the top of the sanctuary were replaced with more modern glass art. The church has memorials to those who were lost, but the church is still a living sanctuary.
Notre Dame will be rebuilt. It will not be a clone of the original structure; however, it will return to its role as the sacred center of the city.
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