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This is just a few feet away from the parking area at Burden Falls in Shawnee National Forest. Pretty area to hike & explore.
First afternoon off work because I felt like it...upon arrival...the realization that idle time is a burden set in...the mind wanders...there was only one solution...take a walk with the MKIII and the 100-400mm. After about 15 minutes in the still 85 Deg F heat I was done...my first thoughts on what to call this shoot was "Butterflies & B.S." A Variety of Things Seen.
There had been a passing shower and these little pink wildflowers were glistening in the late afternoon Sun.
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Walter C Snyder
Although this photo to my eye was simply about light, shadow, colour and shapes it instantly takes on different meanings for different viewers as a function of one of the shapes being a cross. Punctum indeed!
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Heavy Wet May Snow
Colorado Springs, CO
We had only about one foot of total snowfall this entire winter until now as we have exceeded that in just the past 12 hours. The leafing trees are not happy about it, limbs are down all over the place ...
Monochrome with purple toning
The Burden of The Past
HDR 7 scatti
Fotocamera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 3.0 s
Lente: 24 mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Son
What there is, is not a desire for you,
but a desire for equilibrium.
most things are done for the love of normalcy,
to have done the expected, attained it.
you just happen to be the object,
the desire is more, the perception attained.
no love for you than that my son.
but I love to have a son,
and I love to not have lost a son.
just like a love for the voices, not for the words,
and a desire for the ambles,
a desire for waiting
and not a desire for you, but those.
what there is, is not a desire for you,
but a desire for equilibrium.
and when it seemed I helped you live,
it was the trouble your existence afforded me that I helped live
most think, a mixture along the way,
but as often with most; unclear, determined,
they become lost in the burden,
submerged in the sweat of nurturing an alternative,
hoping for a continuation of the self,
or for a delight in the outcome of their godness,
a senseless desire;
in one often made by the every encountering
You are not mine and I am not yours
and it is not your death that bothers me, it is the stress of the burial.
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Good Friday today. That may have been the thought behind this statue at Cimitero Monumentale di Milano, Italy.
If there is one animal which is commonly seen in many rural areas in the Philippines, it is the carabao (shown in the foreground). Known as kalabaw in Pilipino, it is a domestic swamp-type water buffalo which for the past centuries up to the present many Filipino farmers use in plowing the fields and carrying heavy loads. Thus, it is a local version of the beast of burden.
Taken at a distant village in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (07/04/21)
Subject: Oh the Sweet Burden We Carry
Sometimes, as believers, we find ourselves in a lonely place. Our relationship with Jesus Christ is a “sweet burden” that we carry. Why, do I call it a sweet burden? We are surrounded by many distractions that would love to rob us of our faith. The most hurtful situations my come from those closest to us-who feel comfortable criticizing our faith or critiquing our way of life.
In our Gospel reading, Jesus has come to his native place to teach in a familiar synagogue. Jesus in his preaching was probably amongst familiar faces…who where astonished at his preaching. They are aware of his deeds of healing and wisdom. But all of this was overshadowed by their familiarity with Jesus. Is he not a carpenter? Is he not the son of Mary and do we not know many of his family members? So they took offense at him. They shut him down! “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.” Jesus was also amazed at their lack of faith. However, this did not stop Jesus and his mission to bring the Kingdom of God to the earth. His rejection by familiar faces did not cripple his journey. Jesus kept moving. We know this because we have the Gospel accounts of his life, death and resurrection.
Maybe we get discouraged because we are the sole believers in our families. Have you witnessed your grown children leave the faith? I think many have! I have seen many grandmothers over the years, taking the responsibility of insuring their grand children receive faith formation.
We carry with us the burden of what others expect from us. Sometimes those closest to us expect that we live up to what they consider the Christian way. Understandably, since we are all broken, our family and friends, will always be in a position to judge our performance, by a criteria that is stunted and juvenile. What they fail to understand is that our faith carry’s us…even with the knowledge that we too are broken…we understand that we are loved. When we fail, as we often do…we raise our heads and continue to walk with our shepherd-Jesus Christ. I am reminded of a scripture where Paul says in Romans 5:
1.Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Because we are believers in Christ, we use him as our model and we do not need to apologize for our chosen journey . The path we have chosen is difficult! We take up our own crosses with courage…a sweet burden it is…and move forward in time knowing that our reward is a “peace beyond understanding”and a hope to see the world through our saviors eyes. Our first and second scripture readings, give us assurance that the followers of God, will always be challenged by unbelievers. The struggles we face to live out our faith collectively contribute to the on going and larger story we call salvation history.
Every Mass we come together, carrying our faith deep within our hearts…knowing full well that we are going to be fed and healed by the bread of life. When Mass ends, we carry Christ through the doors, where we will encounter others that are waiting to encounter Christ in us…may we live up to what Jesus expects from his disciples.