The genius architect, Antoni Gaudi, gave his life to put as much of God's hand on the culture of Catalonia as possible. After living a self consumed life, he had an amazing encounter with God, that changed the course of his life, and the course of architecture as we know it. Gaudi sold all he had and gave it to the poor, lived a simple life and designed building that had "God's handprint" on them. Each building has images of nature, the cross, and God's handiwork as Gaudi demostrated God's love for mankind. Below are pictures of La Sagrada Familia, his masterpiece. that is still being completed in Barcelona, Spain, the way Gaudi envisioned it, 86 years ago.
One of the amazing things about Gaudi is that he started building La Sagrada Familia in the late 1800s, and it looks even modern for TODAY, 2011! He was so ahead of his time, as he wanted all he created to be seen as "God made" instead of "man made." You can see this in the architecture that looks like that of plants and water, things made by the God of the universe.
This is an up close of the doors of the crucifiction facade of LSF. The left door is Matthew's gospel account of the crucifiction and the right door is Luke's gospel account. Incredible'!
Seeing Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia was the most spiritual experience for me.
The way images of Jesus' death were depicted in stone was amazing for my heart. I could just feel the spirit of the God alive in this church. I have been to the Vatican City and felt more of God at LSF. Thank you Mr. Gaudi for invoking such a connection with the triune God. Need to Breathe has a song saying, "Cathedrals try in vain to show the image of your face, but we are by your design, signature of Divine." I do believe that we have the hand print of Jesus on us, however, God has used Gaudi through this church to show the image of Christ in stone. Thanks be to God!
Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy!
