On Sunday, Notre Dame de Paris will be re-opened, re-ordered after the inferno that overcame her. As darkness fell over Paris on 15 April 2019, flames were seen in the sky above the roof of what might be called the most famous building and cathedral in France, devouring a masterpiece of sanity and beauty.
Alongside the River Seine groups of people gathered in shock and fell to their knees, gradually joining in singing the French Ave Maria, “Je vous salue Marie, Marie, comblée de grâce.”
There was a sense of apocalyptic horror and devastation on the banks of the dark fast flowing river and once the emergency services has been called, there was nothing else to do but pray.
