This is the official excuse for last weekend's boat party. There is a simple Catholic shrine on the Mississippi at the town of Portage des Sioux, Our Lady Of The Rivers. (I called it Our Lady Of The Waters in a recent post - wrong, but what's the difference?) It has a power plant for a neighbor and is looking a little worn. The second photo shows the approach to the statue from the road. Uh, was anybody paying attention? It's a statue of the Virgin Mary. Under the circumstances, the design is a little distracting. In the lower picture, the local parish priest distributes the blessing. I wonder what the intended effect might be.
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surprenante cette statue, elle me fait penser a l'homme gris à Evry, tres sobre.
Groan: my thoughts are less than religious seeing this.
The photo of the priest is really good, he looks happy.
(VDP: nails as in hammer & nails).
That just made my day Bob, talk about laugh out loud.. That is definitely one of those statues that should only be looked at from a certain angle!! Love it!.
Let me see if I got this straight. People pray at that shrine, and then the boat with the women in the bikinis floats by. What were they praying for?
This post definitely got me sitting straight up at attention.
Great post Bob! Thanks.
please have some respect for the Catholic beliefs of others. Pax Domine
Too funny! Not surprised to read the earlier comments.
Anon - no lack of respect for anyone's beliefs but you have to wonder what the parish council was thinking when the sculptor showed them drawings of the planned statue.
I fell off my chair laughing when I saw the first photo and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the second. This is truly hilarious !
Thanks for the good laugh - I've passed on the link to your post to a number of friends, I know they'll love it.
PS - loved the comments above too :-)
Crikey, Bob,
It's truly wonderful to see religion keeping up with modern trends in society.
Here, down-under we must populate or perish. So it's encouraging to see the church getting down to basics.
Nothing subliminal about this message !
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