EVOCATIVE STATUE
They remodeled our church recently and took away the statue of the Blessed Mother that was always up front, and built a side altar for her a further back in the church. She isn’t visible to all the people all the time anymore, especially to people who sit up front. Also, they somewhere found a different statue than what we had. The new one, with a kind of a metallic finish, somewhat artistically portrays her as a young woman in a loose gown and natch, young women in loose gowns’ breasts are pretty evident. In addition, the posture of the statue conveys a sort of sensitivity and introspection, as though she is inspired and conscious of her special favor from God. It contrasts with most statues which show Our Lady looking out at us and mankind, almost making visible our belief that she is always generously bestowing grace on us. Not everyone seems to like the statue. I like it though.
