Originally posted by Cow Poke
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We visited this church near Tuscon several years ago when we were in those parts, and so I know there are some old structures around.
It was a bizarre experience for us to enter that church. We've been in some old Catholic churches, but there were a lot of people standing in a line at the front of the church where there was a figure lying on a bier of some sort. At first we thought it was a dead body, but the people in line took their turn at lifting the figure up into a sitting position, kissing it and laying it back down. This was done over and over.
I guess it must have been a facsimile of the founder or one of the others who had a hand in building it. It was such a strange ritual that it sort of creeped me out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missio...Xavier_del_Bac
We've also been in the old mission at Monterey, CA.
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