tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post7973276495896232580..comments2023-11-14T23:15:05.189-08:00Comments on ORBIS CATHOLICVS: Catholic culture: to reverence the "sacred" foot...John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-7043547778360448132008-12-27T11:50:00.000-08:002008-12-27T11:50:00.000-08:00Wonderful comments and photographs from the Eterna...Wonderful comments and photographs from the Eternal City! All merry and good wishes of a blessed Christmas and also feast day of St. John. And thank you for your continued apostolic service with your photographs of the churches, people and words from the Catholic realm. Iste est Ioannes qui supra pectus Domini in coena recubuit: beatus Apostolus, cui revelata sunt secreta coelestia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-49883231422854602212008-12-27T07:49:00.000-08:002008-12-27T07:49:00.000-08:00In St. Peter's Cathedral Lancaster (in the North o...In St. Peter's Cathedral Lancaster (in the North of England) there's a large (9' tall, say) wooden statue of St. Peter enthroned with his Keys. He's all wooden and painted black except for his right foot, which is shiny brass because of all the kisses!<BR/><BR/>My grandmother taught me to kiss the statue's feet. Unfortunately I don't think many people do it nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com