Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Our Lady Of The Rivers

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Our Lady of the Rivers 1

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.

Our Lady of the Rivers 2

Our Lady of the Rivers 3
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11 comments:

  1. OlivierJuly 20, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    surprenante cette statue, elle me fait penser a l'homme gris à Evry, tres sobre.

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  2. cieldequimperJuly 20, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    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).

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  3. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    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!.

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  4. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.comJuly 20, 2011 at 2:28 AM

    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?

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  5. brattcatJuly 20, 2011 at 5:46 AM

    This post definitely got me sitting straight up at attention.

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  6. Luis GomezJuly 20, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    Great post Bob! Thanks.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    please have some respect for the Catholic beliefs of others. Pax Domine

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  8. JillyJuly 26, 2011 at 1:49 AM

    Too funny! Not surprised to read the earlier comments.

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  9. nathalieJuly 28, 2011 at 2:16 AM

    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.

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  10. nathalieJuly 28, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    PS - loved the comments above too :-)

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  11. M.BenautJuly 29, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    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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