The worth lesson is that God hopes His people not to swallow everything that earth offered because there are so many falseness and lie in this world. So,
like Annam birds, people should filter the truth from all the falseness that earth
offered by faith. The picture of Annam bird is in Appendix page 41 in Picture 14.
4.1.2 The Second Floor - The Parts of Church 1 The Windows
The windows of the church are decorated with 20 stained glass pictures which tell the mystery or events in Rosary pray, they are happy event, light event,
sad event and glorious event and each of them has 5 reflections. The balcony windows are decorated with the pictures of The Cross Way
in version of “Grill”. The title must be read from the outside. The purpose is the piety of doing the cross way must be done from outside of the Shrine by
surrounding the church. The picture of windows is in Appendix page 41 in Picture 15.
2 The Statue of St. Paul St. Francis Xavier
The pillars of the church consist of 12 pillars to symbolize God’s chosen people consists of 12 Israel tribes depending on the old testament of bible, and the
Christ church was built because of the 12
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apostles. Hence, in the church there are the statues of the apostles on each pillar.
But before entering the church, we will see two big statues in the right and in the left of the entrance door. They are statues of St. Paul – an apostle of
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many nations and St. Francis Xavier – a tough missionaries who known as an apostle of Asian. St. Francis Xavier had ever evangelized in Indonesia – Ternate,
Maluku and also to Melaka, Japan and Macao. Therefore, both of them are put
outside of the church in the entrance door. The picture of the statue is in Appendix page 41 in Picture 16, 17.
3 The Church Interior
When we enter the church, everyone will be welcomed with beautiful words: “Come to me, who all you work hard and who carry heavy burdens and I
will refresh you”. Admittedly, everyone who comes to this church will feel the coolness
there, even though there is no air conditioner in it. The picture of the church
interior is in Appendix page 42 in Picture 18. 4 The Ceiling
According to Catholic Church, people get blessing from pray and sacraments. Thus, on the ceiling of the church is decorated with the pictures of
sacraments. However, there are only 6 sacraments pictures on it – the baptism
sacrament, chrism sacrament, sin confession sacrament, wedding sacrament,
priesthood sacrament, sacrament for the sick – even though there are 7 sacraments
in Catholic. Because of Eucharist sacrament is the source, central and the top of all
sacraments, therefore the picture of Eucharist sacrament is put in the center of the church in Altar.
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Moreover, on the ceiling there are also 4 pictures of Mary Annai Velangkanni which tell the miracles of Mother Mary in Velangkanni, India in 17
century. The picture of the ceiling is in Appendix page 42 in Picture 19. 5 The Triple Altar
The altar has 3 parts: the main altar, right altar and left altar. For reaching the main altar, we have to step on 7 rungs. Deliberately, it is constructed with 7
rungs so that we can step on it eight times. Biblically, 8 mean the Jesus’ teaching of eight words of happy in His homily on the hill.
Thus, the verses of those happy words are put in the wall of church balcony so that people can easily to remember and comprehend it. The picture of
triple altar is in Appendix page 42 in Picture 20. 6 The Altar of Mary and The Throne of The Bible
In the right side of the main altar, there is the altar of Mary and beside it there is the throne of the bible. And in the left side of the main altar, there is the
altar of tabernacle which is the most holy heart of Jesus. The three statues of The Mary statue, the bible throne and the statue of
the holy heart of Jesus inform symbolically the mystery of Incarnation: the word of God becomes human in Hail Mary and live with us in tabernacle as Emmanuel
– God with us. The picture of Mary altar is in Appendix page 43 in Picture 21. 7 The Altar of Emmanuel
In the left side of the main altar is called the tabernacle altar or the altar of Emmanuel. The statue of the holy heart of Jesus is as tabernacle to explain
about the mystery of God’s love to human race. Heart is the symbol of love, thus
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the tabernacle is made as the heart of Jesus. The picture of Emmanuel Altar is in Appendix page 43 in Picture 22.
8 The Main Altar : The Eucharist Altar
The main altar is decorated with 3 pictures to inform the meaning of Catholic altar. Catholic altar is a place for sacrificing, for offering, for banqueting.
Therefore, in the right side is decorated with the picture of Isaac sacrifice by Abraham. In the left side is decorated with the offering of bread and grape by
archpriest Melchizedek. In the middle of the altar is the picture of God’s banquet. The picture of the last supper in this Shrine is different from others. Jesus
and his apostles sit on the floor. They do not use table and chair. The just sit on
the floor and eat Appendix page 43 in Picture 23. This picture is a duplicate of a picture from India painter. The picture of Eucharist altar is in Appendix page
43 in Picture 24. 9 Calvary Hill
On the top of the last supper’s picture, we can see the Calvary hill where Jesus was crossed and under His feet Mother Mary and John Jesus beloved
apostle stood up. Calvary means important to this Shrine. The first, Eucharist celebration is to remember and bring back the
sacrifice of Jesus at Calvary: “when we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim our faith, we recall your death and resurrection Lord Jesus full of faith
and hope until you come in glory.” The second, in this event Jesus gave His mother as the mother of human
race and the church mother. That Jesus behavior becomes a strong principle for a
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devotion to Mother Mary for Catholic people. The picture of Calvary hill is in Appendix page 44 in Picture 25.
10 The Table of Altar
The table of altar which is used for Eucharist is unique and has an
important role as “kalpataru” – the tree of live. The altar table is formed like the
root of tree. The symbol of this wood altar also reminds that the death of human race comes from tree because of the first human Adam and Eve ate the fruit from
forbidden tree and also the new life comes from the tree because of Jesus died
on cross wood. The picture of altar table is in Appendix page 44 in Picture 26. 11 The Dome on The Altar
On the altar, there is a dome with three decorated reliefs to symbolize the Final Court. The right side relief shows that the first human was created by God
and he is Adam a duplicate of classic painting by Michael Angelo. The middle picture shows that the arrival of Jesus in His Glory to gather
people whom he save. Appendix page 44 in Picture 27
The left side relief shows that the first human is honored by God and she is Mary who is crowned as the Queen of Heaven and Earth.
These two pictures reveal the purpose of human life: Man is created for the glory of God. Therefore, we should come to Mother Mary to learn how to
come to the glory of God as like as her. So, the devotion to Mother Mary is useful
for faith people to reach his life. Appendix page 44 in Picture 28, 29. The
picture of the dome is in Appendix in Picture 30.
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4.2 The Chapel of Beato John Paul II
