One Last Post On the Altar

I'm hopefully back from vacation and writing upcoming posts this morning but while that is happening, I thought I would post one more picture of my altar build project that I completed earlier this spring. We didn't get back from our first vacation until Sunday afternoon so headed down to the church that I built the altar for which only has mass on Sunday evenings. Above is how the alter now looks in place and with the chairs rearranged to create a central aisle. Before, there was an aisle down either side and the chairs stretched across the middle. You can still see the marks in the carpet where they had sat for years before.

I think the altar is a perfect match for this small rural Catholic church. I'm happy I took the project though I must confess, had it been for someone else other than a church, I probably would have declined the project. The priest saw my family in attendance and mentioned that I, builder of the altar was in the congregation, in his closing remarks before the final blessing. I was okay without the mention as I didn't build it for glory to myself. I made sure as people filed by and thanked me that I gave a lot of credit to the Good Samaritan who actually designed the altar and who was also in attendance at mass. 

Everyone seemed appreciative of the new altar and chair layout (which the Good Samaritan did) so I hope it will remain in it's new home for many years, perhaps generations, to come. 

P.S. I have returned and I just went back and answered all the comments. There were some very good ones so go back and have a gander at them.