Inside the old cathedrals and churches of rome, the light comes in throught the windows, creating great rays of light. It is heavenly to be in the Vatican and see the enormity of this spacious building made so many years ago. And though there are overtones of corruption - especially when you look at the history of the popes that created it- I revere the forgotten peasents who made actually cut the stone and placed it where it is.
I am sure those poeple were excited to be part of building a building that would become the new Temple of God - a resurrection of Solomon's. I have no doubt that in the centuries of it's construction, the people that made it felt that they were making a building for God - not just the often times jaded papacy. We really enjoyed visiting the sites where Peter and Paul were burried.
Inside the old cathedrals and churches of rome, the light comes in throught the windows, creating great rays of light. It is heavenly to be in the Vatican and see the enormity of this spacious building made so many years ago. And though there are overtones of corruption - especially when you look at the history of the popes that created it- I revere the forgotten peasents who made actually cut the stone and placed it where it is. 
I am sure those poeple were excited to be part of building a building that would become the new Temple of God - a resurrection of Solomon's. I have no doubt that in the centuries of it's construction, the people that made it felt that they were making a building for God - not just the often times jaded papacy. We really enjoyed visiting the sites where Peter and Paul were burried.
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