As it was sunset when we were on the Seine River and looking up, Notre Dame was brilliantly lit up by the sky. The Cathedral could also be seen up close by walking around it at other times. We did. We saw many interesting things about Notre Dame: classic Gothic architecture complete with gargoyles and flying buttresses; decapitated statues from the French Revolution; and scaffolding.
Do you remember the fire that ravaged the Cathedral in April of 2019. Many, many firefighters were called in from all over to try to save the cathedral. The ceiling melted. It burned and burned and burned. But then it was saved. And the rebuild began. People donated time, effort, prayer, funds, and so much more to the restoration, the resurrection of the great Cathedral. On the banks of the Seine there with the river (symbolic to me of the river of life flowing in front of it) and the sunset behind it (symbolic to me of the Light of God); I could not help but look to the resurrection as it relates to each and every one of us. One day our bodies will all perish (unless Christ returns first!); even now they are falling apart from wear and tear but when Christ comes back we will all be built anew and we will be build in bodies that will never perish, never decay, and never get old. And we will serve our Lord forever in His Kingdom in our new glorified, resurrected bodies.
1 Corinthians 15:12-14: But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
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