From September 26, 2001

July 6, 2001

  
    July 15, 1998

    Daily Message from Mary

   "I wish a crucifix to be placed at the site
     in the main window beside my image.
     My eyes are always on my Son Jesus
     crucified and my Heart knows His
     resurrection from the dead."
   

July 6, 2001

Messenger: From the journal of Felix, the one called to sculpture
                        the crucifix. Here is the finished
                        crucifix in cedar from the image site
                        in Clearwater, Florida.

                    Monday 10/19/98

                     Rita Ring called
                     me at 8:40 P.M.
                     to talk about the
                     cross for Jesus and
                     Mary. She will send
                     me some pictures
                     of Jesus as to
                     his image.
                     The Body of Christ
                     will be 9 feet plus
                     the cross. Next I
                     need to do the
                     drawing and figure
                     for the amount of
                     lumber I will need.

Felix Avalos - sculptor of the crucifix

                     Tuesday 10/20/98

                     8:00 A.M. began
                     to make (figures)
                     size of Carving
                     of Jesus.

Felix at the drawing board

                     Wed. 10/21/98
                     3:00 P.M. start
                     Repaired chain saw
                     to help with carving
                     made the drawing
                     yesterday. Today
                     I spread it out
                     to finish the drawing
                     stop at 4:55 P.M. to
                     get ready to go to
                     the meeting.

                     2 hr. work
  

  
                     Thursday  10/22/98

                     Started work from
                     9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
                     then went to noon
                     Mass in Tyler.
                     Home at 2:30 P.M.
                     Back to work at
                     3:00 P.M. till 9:00 P.M.
                     worked 8 hrs.

                     At 2:15 P.M. me
                     and my wife saw
                     a perfect cross in
                     the sky to the east
                     of Chandler.
                     At 5:30 P.M. me and
                     my wife and grand-
                     kids saw another perfect
                     cross in the sky to
                     the west from my
                     home in La Rue, TX
                     and Moore Station
                     formed by clouds.
   

picture of second cross at 5:30 PM that Felix saw

                     Fri. 10/23/98

                     Today I will
                     be going to see
                     about the lumber in
                     Tyler.
                     The time is 10:00 A.M.
  

                       
                    Sat. 10/29/98

                     Today I spent some
                     time arranging my
                     shop to accommodate
                     the Large Carving of
                     Jesus. Started at
                     9:00 A.M. till 1:45 P.M.
                     had to go get my
                     wife from work.
                     And in the afternoon
                     we went to Mass
                     in Tyler about 24
                     miles from home.
  

Messenger: How the wood for the crucifix was found. It came from three of ten
                         trees.

                     Felix said he did business with a man and the
                         man said he wanted the trees
                         cut down, Felix paid him for the 10 trees,
                         but Felix never cut them down. He forgot about the trees
                         until he knew God wanted him carving the crucifix.

                     Felix said he went back four years later when
                         he knew he needed the trees for the
                         crucifix and they were still
                         there. So he told the man what he was about to do
                         and then Felix cut the trees down.

                     This began the official work with the wood for
                         the crucifix.

                     Here are the 3 trees.

1st tree for the back of the cross
Felix is beneath it

1st tree for the back of the cross

1st tree for the back of the cross

2nd tree - Here is the tree for the cross-bow.

3rd tree - Here is the tree for the body of Jesus.

used for the body of Jesus

Felix sits on the tree used for the body and head.

This is the wood used on the body.

Felix's chainsaw broke on the body tree.

Here is the tree used for the body.

Here is the tree used for the body.

wood used for arm

wood for the back of the cross

cross-beam of cross

Here is the end of wood used for the head.

Here is how Felix laid out the pattern
on the wood for the body.

After bark is removed and the pattern is
drawn on the wood.

beginning of carving the body

the body

THE CROSS

Squaring the base of the back of cross.

Back of cross—top where the cross-beam is

Sign for the cross

Felix and the sign for the cross

The sign

Body

Head and arms

Before the cross

taking body from the truck

Cross

This truck brought the cross from Texas.

arms

Good Friday

Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday

Jesus on the cross

Messenger: Felix finished carving
                         the cross July 3, 2001.

                     The cross scaffolding was removed
                         July 5, 2001 and it
                         was blessed by a Catholic
                         priest.

Felix Avalos (sculptor) and John Weickert (president)

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