Answer: we all did. In a sense.
When society murders its own children by the millions, these kinds of tragedies to me are omens of God’s wrath and impending chastisement.
Have you seen those infernal photos of the tallest steeple over Notre Dame Cathedral engulfed in a deep red flame? It looked apocalyptic, am I wrong?
People are rightly speculating if Muslim terrorists did it. I mean come on, this happened on Holy Monday of Holy Week in a nation recently known for such symbolic attacks on the Faith.
But it’s just a building, some are saying. True, we shouldn’t get torn up over the loss of a cultural symbol made popular by Victor Hugo. But it’s the symbolism of this loss.
One of the greatest physical structures on Earth giving testament to the eternal truth of Christ and His Church.
Time will tell how spiritual writers, priests, and the faithful fully interpret this sad, telling event.
Our Lady pray for us sinners. Blessed Holy Week.