The last thing I bought was this altar with a photo of the shrine of the Tres Reyes de Tizimin which sits in my hallway waiting for a more permanent home. The first thing I bought in Merida was the crucifix with the headless arm detached black Jesus in his Calvin Kleins back in 2001. I have found these religious curios irresistible ever since I snapped up a relic of the true cross at auction in Paris 30 years ago. Sure, I know that the first commandment explicitly tells us not to make or own any images of anything in heaven above or on earth below. I figure he will smite all those grannies running around with photos of their grand kids or all those self absorbed selfie-ites on Facebook before he gets around to smiting me for my love of saints. At any rate I believe this was all settled to everyone´s satisfaction in 9th century Constantinople.
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