Personal Narrative: The St Patricks Cathederal

In the middle of Manhattan in New York City – the land of opportunity, I walked into the St Patricks Cathederal. When I entered I felt serienty. It felt amazing to leave the chaos of the city behind e and enjoy some peace in this truly amazing church. I was able to sit back on the pew and enjoy some peace and just reflect back on life. As I was there, I noticed that beautiful stained glass windows, the light reflecting through them became more vivid. It seemed to fill me with warmth and a comfortable feeling. The colors of the stained glass windows became more real. When I looked through the glass the light was dull, but when I began to appreciate the work of art more when the sun came out. You are only able to see the full work out stained glass when the sun is out. Life itself can be represented through stained glass because it shines as the sun beams through the pieces of glass, but when there …show more content…
The colors black in the stained glass represent death, the color blue symbolizing love, brown showing spiritually death, gray shwoinf mourning or humility and the color -------------- showing--------------. Each piece of the window are put together and contain different colors and images. Everyone has a different view on life, just like stained glass. On the outside a stained glass windows can seem far less meaningful. It is only when the person on the outside is willing to contemplate and look at everything at a different perspective. If it is a dark cloudy day, the stained glass window, for example has little appeal and meaning, but all you need is a direct way ray of light to be present to as what is really in the window. When the light strikes the glass and reaches they eyes of a person, the window is alive with color and spiritually. For this to happen, one must be patient and wait for clouds to break away and for the light rays to hit the glass. Which is only then, the true meaning is