184 Comments for Transfiguration of Our Lord

If you look closey, the face of the angel DOES look like Jesus....maybe this one figure was fashioned from the Shroud???

And yes, I too see the figure looking at the angel, although I beleive it is not an intentional carving, or anything.

AWEsome idea for wallpaper Joy!!!

Motts?

Love the detail work atop each pillar....and the LIGHTS are GORgeous!

The 2 windows on the doors look like EYES!!! :-O

I LOVE your perspective here, Mottgs!!

Poor Lion! He looks so afraid. He knew a wrecking ball was going to take down his walls...... : ` (

What detail! What skill!

Thank you for another new gallery Motts!

All I can say here is, I hope that karma catches up with those who tore this beautiful old church down, and tossed all the beauty into a landfill.
May it be slow and painful. >:-(

Got it! They will have put the 3 90's together then placed it up there wit the long pipe from either end already hanging and turned it into the 90 on either end of the 3 90 piece. `

Can I just say I'd love to have this as my desktop wallpaper, Mr Motts? High def if it's not too much trouble...

how has this place survive destruction after all it's Philly

GREAT SHOT

When I clicked on Mott's link I wanted to throw up. But then I read the comments and someone said which is true, about the surrounding neighborhood declining as well. Not far from where I live there was a grand old Roman Catholic church called St. Mary's. This place was just as gorgeous as this one if not more. Awesome statues, paintings, stained glass, fixtures, etc. They had a good congregation but as the yeas pass that declined as did the surrounding neighborhood. A couple years ago they closed this church and the convent next door has been up for sale at a ridiculously low price but still no interest. Why? Because the surrounding neighborhood has become absentee landlords and people who just don't give a shit anymore. Then the drugs and crime move in and I'm afraid before too long, this place is going to be vandalized, burned or torn down. The convent next door is a huge place and I even considered buying it as a primary residence. Can you imagine? Eight bedrooms, two kitchens, a library, several fireplaces, several bathrooms, it was really gorgeous. But again, the neighborhood being a little scary is what turned me off. (that and the fact it was just too much house for one person!) It's too bad people don't get together and take back their neighborhoods and make them a place where people would want to live again. Then maybe these old buildings would be given a second chance.

Probably not Mica, the word "gay" has taken on an entirely different meaning, which is a shame. (not that there's anything wrong with that!) But then a lot of words change meaning over the years. This photo is amazing. . .it reminds me of some horror movie I saw of which the name escapes me at the moment.

Seeing abandoned musical instruments, especially ones of this magnitude, and knowing they probably were either vandalized or ended up in the landfill makes me very angry that someone couldn't have saved it.

Pretty Angels, Angel Queens, so calm serene, tranquil, and quiescent - soothing to look at but something /emotional/ is going on
- the red cheeks a tell tale sign.
Am really sad they are gone forever.
Am glad we have this picture forever.