01/24/2008 06:37:45 AM EST

A brief note on Touchdown Jesus

posted by jarett

So about this roast thing...

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"Touchdown Jesus" is the informal nickname for an enormous mural on the south face of the Hesburgh Library.  It's called this because Jesus is raising his arms in it over a number of scenes and people from the Bible.

Also, there is a cutout in the north face of Notre Dame stadium so that Jesus' face can be seen from the field (and, theoretically, beneficently look down on all of us as we cheer and play).

He's an icon on campus, no doubt, but it's not that big a deal.

And now you know... the rest... of the story.

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A brief note on Touchdown Jesus | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)
Notre Dame (none / 0)
Doesn't the campus also have some sort of Moses statue, like Football Moses or something like that?

by yturks on 01/24/2008 02:30:34 PM EST

Yup (none / 0)
First Down Moses is on the west side of the library.  Technically he's pointing up to the sky, indicating that God is the source of the Law, but yeah.  We can think of a football metaphor for anything up in this piece.

by jarett on 01/25/2008 05:57:09 PM EST

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now you know (none / 0)
td jesus

by battierpeeler on 01/24/2008 07:59:52 PM EST

After last year...you need (none / 0)
BIG JESUS notice the out spead arms kinda like a Liturgical Linebacker....

by MRFred on 01/26/2008 03:01:32 PM EST

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