"A PICTURE" and "A WORD" - Series 4

"A PICTURE" by Dr. Vance MacDonald

"A WORD" by Barbara Starkey

(click on the picture above to get a better view)

A WORD-CRUCIFIX

On July 14, 1771 when the first Mass was held at the site of San Antonio Mission, Father (Padre) Serra rang the big bell as a call to worship. At that time the huge bell swung from an oak limb. The zealous Padre called the Gentiles to the holy Church of God. One could see that a large cross had been constructed of wood. It was raised, blessed and venerated and all was being readied for the first worship service.

That first crude wooden cross was no doubt as beautiful to the worshipers at that first service as a crucifix might seem to one visiting the Mission in 2011.

Pictured here by our photographer is a beautiful crucifix in one of the hallways in the Mission quadrangle.