St. Eustache Church, Paris

November 01, 2019

St. Eustache Church, Paris

Paris Day 1, November 2018: Eric and I, kicked off our European Honeymoon in Paris. Our first morning in Paris we wandered into St. Eustache Church, at the end of Rue Montorgueil, a market street filled with tasty delights, and a must to experience, if you are ever in Paris.

St. Eustache Church

Built: 1532-1632

Architects: Unknown

St. Eustache is one of the last gothic churches built in Paris. It houses the relics of many saints, including St. Eustache, the patron saint of hunters and fighters.

In such a place as this, you can’t help but rightly feel your smallness, awe and reverence. The walls point up toward heaven.

I have always loved cathedrals and just couldn’t help myself our first day in Paris. I was drawn in and Eric followed. From then on we made it a point to seek out a church in every city we visited.

This church took a century to build, by men that would never get to see their finished work!

So much forethought went into building it: Clearly the architect mapped out where the sun would naturally illuminate this glorious bench by Pierre Lepautre. Nothing of God’s beautiful creation is wasted only magnified.

Carpentry

My husband is a carpenter and we were both in awe.

Have you ever heard the story about the mysterious staircase of Loretto, in New Mexico? Well upon learning about the French chapel in New Mexico, immediately thought about this spiral staircase. It was built 300 years before the one in Loretto.