Yes, it has been a while since you have been enlightened with a few enlightening photos. So sit back and enjoy and question and imagine where... and how (one of blogger's questions)? First we will look at and wonder... You will be looking at the credence table. It is large, and will hold the cruets, finger towel, etc. If there are more priests or someone else assisting in the Mass, this table will hold whatever they need.
...as you can see. Yes, the marble top is real and also from the altar in the old chapel. This makes it very special, as the other pieces of furniture that you will see here.
And what you see here is the ambo (in medieval Greek--pulpit, in case you are not up on your medieval Greek). One of the items blogger is particularly interested in hasn't shown up yet, and it's the presider's chair. Will there be a small marble top table next to it when the chair is placed in the sanctuary? Questions, guesses, questions, guesses. ???????
This table is for the tabernacle, thus the Blessed Sacrament table. There may be another name for such a table, but I'll have to ask around to find out what it is. Stay tuned.
Since there a few things at this time that blogger could show you, she will let you guess and question further.
Now we will move over to the Marian shrine behind the main chapel. The photo you will see is the background of the shrine. A decorative, but not fancy, open framework will be held by the
rods you see sticking out of the back. The framework will hold glass panels, if blogger is remembering rightly. Behind the break between the two sections is a third section a little lower, that you can see in-between the two sections you see easily. Blogger is not sure what the floor will look like in front of the shrine. One might expect a circle, wouldn't one.
'Tis time to leave the reader with much to ponder, but blogger hopes you will find it as fascinating as she does. At this moment, blogger wished she knew enough Greek to bit you a fond adieu in that language. Have a very enlightening and uplifting time in the interim. Blogger.
