Friday, February 29, 2008

The Loaves and Fishes

We visited the church built over the spot where it is said that Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Although I am personally dubious that this site is the actual location (how could we possibly know?), certainly the pilgrims who come here believe it to be so. While we were there, there was also a group of Indian Dalit Christians present. A woman in full sari with the red dot on her forehead sneaked beneath the guard ropes and laid her body across the mosaic you see pictured here, and placed her face upon the stones above them in prayerful attitude. Perhaps she needed healing? At any rate, my skepticism did not affect her devotion nor vice versa. Perhaps that is as it should be...

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