The Notre Dame Cathedral has celebrated its first Mass since the April 15 fire that badly damaged the building.
The ceremony, which took place in a chapel at the end of the cathedral, was led by the Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit and attended by a few priests.
In many ways, it was an ordinary Mass and an extraordinary Mass at the same time.
Ordinary in the sense that it followed the regular Mass. But extraordinary in the sense that it was celebrated by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit. And in fact, he said in his message that he wanted to celebrate Mass just two months to the day after the fire at Notre Dame in the cathedral itself because he wanted to give a sign of hope.
And later on in his message, he said we hope that we can regain the spirit of those who built this cathedral in the first place.
During the Mass, which was streamed live on Catholic television and was also streamed live on the website of the Catholic Church, you could see very clearly the devastation caused by the fire two months ago.
There were piles of debris in the middle of the Church of the main nave area — Holes in the ceiling.
Protective structures were built along with important treasures, like statues. Perhaps it’s going to be a big job to return the cathedral to anything like its normal, normal shape.
The church wanted to have a vesper service out in front of the cathedral in the area, but that area is still so fragile because of what’s happened underground in the vaults’ area that authorities wouldn’t allow them to take it out let the public take part in any kind of ceremony like that.
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