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Denver, Colo., Mar 29, 2013 \/ 02:02 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a parish of the Denver Archdiocese, recently dedicated its new church building which local Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila has described as \u201cbeautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe beauty of it\u2026 speaks to the gift of our faith, and that this is a place where the Lord is truly present and dwells,\u201d the archbishop told CNA shortly after the dedication Mass on March 23.<\/p>\n

\tOur Lady of Mount Carmel is located in Littleton, a suburb of Denver, and is a personal parish of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, a society which celebrates the extraordinary form of the Roman liturgy as it existed prior to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.<\/p>\n

\tAt the beginning of the dedication, the Litany of Saints was prayed and Archbishop Aquila sprinkled the church with holy water. Parish pastor, Father James Jackson then celebrated a Solemn High Mass.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt was the first high Mass that I've been to in the extraordinary form since I was a child, so it was a whole new experience for me,\u201d Archbishop Aquila reflected.<\/p>\n

\tHe said that on entering Our Lady of Mount Carmel, \u201cone knows immediately that one is in a Catholic church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe church is built in a Gothic style, and has three altars, which were made in 1903 from Carrara marble. The main altar is 33 feet tall, extending virtually as high as the interior ceiling.<\/p>\n

\tThe building's stained glass windows depict the mysteries of the rosary, the evangelists, the four Latin Doctors of the Church, and Saint Charles Borromeo.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Jackson told the parish that St. Charles Borromeo was honored because he used the saint's writings on sacred architecture in designing the church.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe altar is spectacular,\u201d reflected Archbishop Aquila. He also emphasized how the choice of depictions for the stained glass, and the beauty of their execution, convey to parishioner's the gift of the Catholic faith.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Jackson explained to CNA March 27 that Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Gothic design was chosen in part because \u201cthese older forms of architecture, they're tried and true, and they really work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe substantial height of the church, he explains, contributes to good acoustics which support the Gregorian chant and polyphony sung during the Mass. \u201cThere should be no need for a microphone when our church is all completed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tThe height has theological as well as practical reasons, he said. Such high altars serve to lift eyes, and in so doing lift minds and hearts to God.<\/p>\n

\tThe stone used on the exterior conveys a sense of permanence and reminds one of the eternal reality of the Kingdom God.<\/p>\n

\tConstructing beautiful churches, he said, is important because there is so much ugliness in the world today.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBeauty is one of the four transcendentals \u2013 goodness, truth, consistence (unity), and beauty. Those are the ways we come to understand God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBy portraying the transcendentals in architecture and the celebration of the liturgy, visitors and parishioners are aided in their relationship with God.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe building you're in, the sacred vessels you use, the vestments you wear, the music you sing, the acoustics, everything\u2026should be in harmony with the rite,\u201d said Fr. Jackson.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAny church,\u201d he explained, \u201cneeds to be in harmony with what you're doing at the altar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tOur Lady of Mount Carmel continues to work through its remodeling. In the future, the parish hall and basement will be renovated, and to the church will be added a choir loft, narthex, baptistry, and bell tower.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOf course, it's not enough (just) to have beauty,\u201d reflected Fr. Jackson.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cYou have to speak truth from the pulpit, and give kindness and mercy in the confessional, but beauty really does move the soul of modern man in a marvelous way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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