The wise and the foolish

In this Sunday's Gospel we hear about the wise and foolish bridesmaids or virgins or maidens. I found pictures of sculptures on the entrance portal of the cathedral at Erfurt in central Germany.  Here they are, the wise on the one side, heads held high, jars of oil in their hands. More fascinating are the foolish. Take a look at their images, some dozing and one yawning and stretching even.  Wonderful.

 

 

Incidentally, I discovered that the original Erfurt cathedral was built by St Boniface way back in the 8th century.  Also, it turns out that Martin Luther went to the university at Erfurt and was ordained as a Catholic priest, a member of the Augustinian Order here in the cathedral on 3rd April 1507.