I would like to take this opportunity to shy away from my normal stream of consciousness type of blog. This will be rather short.
June 4th, 2011: Carlyn Worthy, author of Carlynssssssssssssss blog, was so rudely interrupted in her daily one on ones with Mr. Jesus, by the stylings of Lauren and Michelle Brenes. This statement pretty much concluded a fantastic day of excavations and aerobic activity. Excavations: San Crisogono en Trastevere and Santa Cecilia. The incorruptible body of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi was hands down the highlight of the day. At one moment, Chris and I were sitting in the Anna Maria Taigi chapel in front of her incorruptible body, sitting in pure amazement and reverence.
Dr. Bednarz brought up a great point a couple days ago when she spoke about light pollution. I have been down to Belize four times on Ignacio Volunteer Immersion Programs. Belize, a third-world country, is one of the few places on earth where light pollution still has not damaged the night sky. So much so, that every five minutes, a shooting star flies across the moon-lit sky of a Mayan village....God. I take this opportunity to relate Belize and Ancient Rome. Dr. Bednarz said early Roman churches were often built to face Jerusalem. In Belize, all of the Mayan temples built in the pre-conquistador era were built to face exact North, and all structures were built symmetrical to the sun's setting and rising. Both cultures relied so much on the alignment of the stars, planets, and the central sites to their individual beliefs.
In relation to what Carlyn said, these ancient cultures each had their own individual ways of talking to their God/god/gods. Early C.E. epitomizes beauty, whether it be in Rome or in the Mayan rainforest of Belize. Beauty is not found in the structures we see today. Beauty is in the culture, the people, and in nature.
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