Really? I mean really?
People are still doing this? They think this is modern? Do they think this will inspire anyone?
Reader Rob sends this gem from Maine. Behold the Dalek-ernacle!
This is so sad. Please people, if you are on the architectural committee at your church please don’t shop for tabernacles at IKEA.
September 15, 2008 at 5:15 am
Transubstantiate! Transubstantiate!
September 15, 2008 at 5:51 am
Traditional Catholicism will be exterminated! Exterminate!
September 15, 2008 at 7:08 am
You should see the tabernacle in the Chapel at Seattle University.
I was in a business meeting at a hotel across the street two weeks ago.
Deciding to take advantage of the location and pray the Rosary during my lunch break, I made my way across the street and entered the chapel.
I headed to the the area where the tabernacle is kept to pray. I kid you not, the tabernacle is a cube of marble – not unlike a kitchen counter-top. It looked like a marble fire safe. It makes the image you present look like art.
Who makes these decisions on design? And how do they possibly get approved? Is the devil messing with our heads or what?
September 15, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I think they shopped for the one on the left at the “As Seen on TV” store. It’s a kitchen implement that can grind, crush, stir, and strain! It looks great on the kitchen counter or can be used as a centerpiece for a Science-Fiction themed party! The kids will LOVE it!
Maybe they’ll name it Gorg.
September 15, 2008 at 2:52 pm
The unaesthetic marble thing is far too common but please tell me that the one on the left is a joke, a prop from a bad sci-fi movie. No normal human being would use that as a tabernacle. None. I must believe that…
September 15, 2008 at 3:29 pm
@rich – hahahahaha!
Luckily, we have the Doctors of the Church to save us. Aquinas wore celery in his lapel on occasion, right?
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September 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm
When it comes to ugly tabernacles I say “Exterminate!”
September 15, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Yeah IF ONLY modern tabernacles were interesting enough to look as awesome as Daleks. I would support such robotic tabernacle overlords.
September 15, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Our’s is made of no-kidding cement and it has long pieces (5″) of what looks like kriptonite randomly attached to it. It matches our cement alter. It’s not smooth cement either.
September 16, 2008 at 2:06 pm
That’s no tabernacle. That’s Artoo Deetoo with a new paint job.