On the windy Brittany coast of France the Abbe Adolph
Juelienne Foure spent nearly ten hours a day every single day for 25 years carving more than 300 figures out of a huge section of rock above the sea.
The statues tell the fantastic history of the Rotheneuf family, a 16th century tribe of smugglers, pirates, and outlaw fishermen. Why the French priest devoted the last third of his life to chiseling in stone these craggy creations, no one knows.
We know something far more profitable for one devoted to the service of God. There are human lives to be formed and fashioned as stones in God’s living temple, the church. That task demands our total time and energy. It cannot be looked upon as a hobby. It requires full-time service.