"It's a bit odd and off-puttin' to pray to a baby."
We went to the Church of Panny Marie Vítězné yesterday where there's a miracle-working Baroque statue of the infant Jesus. He has over 100 outfits.
We didn't get much time to admire the Infant Jesus because we were quickly surrounded by a very pious Polish tour group. We had to pick our way around kneeling middle-aged matrons with Eleanor asking what's the big deal was about the statue? Why are people praying to the statue? etc. That's my good Lutheran girl. It's been hard enough explaining the idea of medieval miracles associated with a particular place/statue/bone/relic, but this was worse because Will Farrell kept running through my head.
Look at this: http://www.karmel.at/prag-jesu
Then this. It's Will Farrell, so don't let your kids watch....
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