Comments on: This is a place for prayer

By: Lopo

Lopo — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:20:00 +0000

It’s too bad signs have to be posted to prevent what is obviously voyeurism. I hope the sign helps.

By: Erick!

Erick! — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:21:00 +0000

There probably is some sense of entitlement by some of the tourists that frequent these places and I agree, there have to be some established guidelines so that the locals are respected during their prayers. A lot of it is just common sense and courtesy, which some people tend to lack.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:25:00 +0000

I don’t know if we should say “Too much tourism”, Rudy, but we do need some limits, and respect. I have been in the middle of a mass, and have seen tourisits walk into the middle of the congregation and poke an enormous zoom lens in the face of some poor lady deep in prayer, just to snap a few pictures. If this situation were reversed, an usher from a church in the U.S. would ‘escort’ the photographer outside. I offered to do so at the time, but my companeros told me to let them be.
Maybe guatemaltecos are too accomodating sometimes ?
I love the sign in your photo, and hope that tourists on those “once-in-a-lifetime” trips will respect what it says. Nicely composed shot, by the way !

By: Federico Rosales Arzú

Federico Rosales Arzú — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Esta es la Capilla de Adoración Perpetua, la cual esta abierta las 24 horas del día, del Templo de San Francisco el Grande en Antigua Guatemala, lugar dedicado a los católicos y personas que tiene penas y problemas, necesitando un lugar de recogimiento para pedir al Santisimo Sacramento, que esta allí expuesto permanentemente, ayuda, tranquilidad y paz. Se espera que el turista que la visite, lo haga con ese mismo respeto y recogimiento que los católicos y personas con penas y problemas….Se informa que no es un lugar turístico, sino un lugar de oración, no encuentro nada que limite las visitas…