June 23, 2015

CATHEDRAL HOPPING

At Chartres Cathedral I met a gal

who was Cathedral hopping. She

smiled as she said, “Well I used to

be bar hopping - but I’m enjoying

this a lot more. “So far,” she said,

“here in France I’ve done some

of the great Gothic Cathedrals:

Notre Dame in Paris, as well as

the cathedrals in Nantes, Tours,

Amiens, Bourges, and Rheims.

Today and tomorrow: it’s Chartres.

Last summer I was in England

and saw the Gothic Cathedrals

in Lincoln, Salisbury, Ely, and there

was one other. Can’t remember it

now. It’s in my notes here.

And I have the rest of the world

for the future - especially Germany.”

I stood there amazed wondering

about her note pads and her

drawings. Wow - stand at bars

and you’ll meet people. Stand

in the back of cathedrals and

surprise I met someone who

was interested in something I

never would have expected:

Gothic cathedrals reaching

towards God - reaching towards

the infinite - bringing folks
into the cathedral within.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2015