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Christchurch Cathedral

Daniel Ho

Apr 1

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The iconic Christchurch Cathedral has been a key part of Christchurch city’s identity for over 150 years.

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Our beloved Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street was opened on 12 February 1905, but was demolished in 2020 after suffering irreparable damage in the 2011 earthquakes. The inscription on the front of the church reads Ecce tabernaculum dei cum homnibus, which may be translated as Behold, Look, here God lives among us! During the February 22 Quake in Christchurch , a statue of the Virgin Mary in the South Tower of the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral was turned 180° in the violent motion. On May 22 she was carried full circle in procession around the damaged Basilica.(cf Front Cover) She was accompanied by 200 people praying Rosaries, and singing Marian hymns. At the end of the march, a prayer was offered of Consecration to Mary, and for the protection of the City.

The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament

The Burning Bush. Exodus 3-21. The Red Sea Crossing. Exodus 14. Two Tablets, the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20. The Ten Commandments concern matters of fundamental importance in Judaism and Christianity: the greatest obligation (to worship only God), the greatest injury to a person (murder), the greatest injury to family bonds (adultery), the greatest injury to commerce and law (bearing false witness), the greatest inter-generational obligation (honour to parents), the greatest obligation to community (truthfulness), the greatest injury to movable property (theft).

Mark 6:17-29 This painting depicts the final moment of John the Baptist inside the prison cell. John had openly criticized Herod Antipas for divorcing his first wife to marry Herodias, the wife of his brother, Philip. And so, Herodias held a grudge against John and used her daughter’s performance at Herod’s birthday party to trick him into ordering the execution. Although Herod feared John and knew him to be a holy man, he reluctantly ordered his beheading to keep a rash vow made in front of his guests.

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