I got to photograph the interior of the newly reopened St. Brigid’s Church on Avenue B.

The stained glass windows are especially striking. They all depict winged angels and saints.

These are the windows over the entrance on Avenue B.

The windows are beautifully done, and tasteful, there were no naked souls burning in purgatory like they had in my childhood church in Philadelphia. But the dull expression on their angel faces is a bit disturbing, they all looked bored, not even a sly smile on the musician angels.

Father Jomar Legaspi. I wish I hadn’t resorted to flash for the photo.

I didn’t notice them while I was there live, they are painted a color not to be obtrusive, but these cables stretching across the breadth of the church must be vital to keep the walls from going wide. The church was in danger of collapsing, before the renovation.

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