A Day in my Life!

If I tell you how awesome the Cathedral in Place Kebler is, it will be understatement, and if  you do not make a point to visit it, then you will have missed a "wonder of this world".  Since coming to Strasbourg, I was told briefly about the Cathedral, I thought to myself, huh, it might just be like other Cathedrals I have seen in other parts of the world.  Now this Cathedral in Place Kebler is not just a wonder of the world, but a real marvel of the entire world.  It stands up to some mighty height, was told is 300 years old.  Now, the design is unique in that it has several designs both inside and outside. The wall are thick made of pure rocks. When we entered the Cathedral, I was in total disbelief that this building was actually built by human beings, what were the architects thinking?  From the entrance to the roof, from the stained glass to the floor, it was breathtaking.  As soon as we entered inside, and I started looking up and down to take in all the wonder in front of my eyes, I could not put my head down, it felt like I was in another world, there are sculptures of all sorts adorning the walls, some mighty columns, a special clock that at the strike of every hour, a gong hits the bell and the church bells ring, then the "little people" above the clock change positions, I cannot simply explain in words how this happens, but it is a must see place.  It felt so holy to be inside as hundreds of people mingled in silence with cameras turned to non-flash.

The lighting inside the Cathedral is deemed with many candles are lite on tables, where one can stop and proclaim in silence their love to each other or simply say a silent devotion.  The deemed lighting gave it that feeling of a holy place.  The Alter is unique like no other I have ever seen.  This Cathedral I must say must have taken years to build, it has corners and corners, entrance after entrance, small original chairs, not the traditional church pews, just simply little chairs that have darkened over time, but still carries the originality in them sit in place, maybe just like they did three hundred years ago..

Finally, I asked one of the attendants, if I could fetch "holy water" he told me he would call somebody to help me with that request, when the person came, he asked me to follow him, we sent to this old, I guess a stone urn, I believe must be as old as the Cathedral, he opened the top, I was almost expecting the "hand of Jesus" to take my bottle and fill it with the holy water. As he filled my bottle, I was wondering where I had seen an urn  of that shape,  then it occurred to my mind that such urns are the type you only read about in the bible.

As we finalized our trip with my classmate inside the Cathedral, I saw the place for repentance, and a stool where you could kneel and pray, I knelt on that stool and said a prayer to St. Joseph or it might as well be St. John, bottom line, I felt really good about the whole visit and this will be a day to remember in my life. - Caroline