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The sun was shining directly into the window.
The light filled the church and overwhelmed the scene.
Alone I finished my morning prayers.
All I had with me was my trusty little Kodak.
Happy Easter friends.
Sunrise ~ Eiffel Tower ~ Paris ~ France ~ Saturday February 27th 2016.
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Das monumentale Silberkreuz, das um 1200 gearbeitete wurde hängt wieder im Triumphbogen des Chores über dem Altar des Münsters. Das knapp 3 m hohe, aus Eichenholzbrettern zusammengesetzte Kruzifix, ist auf der Vorderseite vollständig mit silbernen, zum Teil vergoldeten Platten und Reliefs verziert. Im Zentrum befindet sich die, aus Silberblech getriebene und vergoldete Figur Jesu Christi.
The monumental silver cross, which was made around 1200, hangs again in the triumphal arch of the choir above the altar of the minster. The almost 3 m high crucifix made of oak boards is completely decorated on the front with silver, partly gilded plates and reliefs. In the center is the figure of Jesus Christ, embossed and gilded from sheet silver.
www.freiburgermuenster.info/freiburger-muenster/muenster/...
There were also 2 others, malefactors. led with him to be put to death, And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left. And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots. And the people stood beholding.
St Luke 23, verses 32-35.
I posted a similar shot in Mar2018.
Photo from a book.The life of Jesus of Nazareth portrayed in colours by William Hole. It was given to me by my godparents for my 1st Christmas, 1939.
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life
- Mumford & Sons
More than 25 years ago, I was walking along the Shannon on Good Friday. I met a man listening to the radio on his headphones. He took the headphones out of his ears and said with tears in his eyes: “They've agreed to the Treaty.” The Republic, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the parties in Northern Ireland had agreed to the Good Friday Agreement. This ended the civil war in Ireland. Every year on Good Friday I think of this man and that peace is possible, even if it seemed impossible for a long time and even if it is a long process to keep it stable. Good Friday has been a special day for me for over 25 years.
God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son.
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Und es war schon um die sechste Stunde, und es kam eine Finsternis über das ganze Land bis zur neunten Stunde, und die Sonne verlor ihren Schein, und der Vorhang des Tempels riss mitten entzwei. Und Jesus rief laut: Vater, ich befehle meinen Geist in deine Hände! Und als er das gesagt hatte, verschied er.
as it's starting to rain on this Easter Sunday ... have a lovely day and enjoys the chocolate eggs ;)
"Let Christ crucified be enough for you, and with him suffer and take your rest, and hence annihilate yourself in all inward and outward things. Endeavor always that things be not for you, nor you for them, but forgetful of all, abide in recollection with your Bridegroom.
Have great love for trials and think of them as but a small way of pleasing your Bridegroom, who did not hesitate to die for you. Bear fortitude in your heart against all things that move you to that which is not God, and be a friend of the Passion of Christ.
Be interiorly detached from all things and do not seek pleasure in any temporal thing, and your soul will concentrate on goods you do not know...
...He who seeks not the cross of Christ seeks not the glory of Christ. To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but on the greatness of its humility. 'Whoever is ashamed to confess me before others, I shall be ashamed to confess before My Father,' says the Lord (Mt 10:33]."
- St John of the Cross, "Sayings of Light and Love" (92-96; 102-1-3).
One of the most profoundly spiritual people who ever lived was Juan de Yepes (1542-1591), who upon his entering the Carmelite Order in Spain, adopted the name John of the Cross. Later of course, after his death, he was canonised. John was one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language (any language in fact), and he was also a supreme theological mind.
The reflection above was a meditation on the cross of Christ in relation to the faithful. During this time John also has a very powerful vision in which he was taken back to Golgotha to see the crucifixion of Christ from above. Until this time, every crucifixion imagined by artists was seen from below - looking up.
So John made a sketch of this vision, which still exists to this day. To be humbled before Christ and his cross means to be lifted up above the world of woe and death, and to be forever liberated, untouchable by the forces of evil. This has been the vision of every martyr who has put the Kingdom of God ahead of personal survival. Our spirits in God's Spirit are unquenchable! Do your worst Caesar for we cannot die! This is the message of Good Friday (why else is it called "good"?).
In Salvador Dali's, "Christ of Saint John of the Cross", we see this spiritual vision actualised in our world. Dali was a strange man, but he caught a glimpse of Spiritual Truth:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_Saint_John_of_the_Cross
For more music inspiration listen to J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor
This cross is atop of the steeple of St John's Church (Johanneskirche) Crailsheim, Germany. Image captured March 2007.
Please have a blessed and safe Easter Season.
John 3:16 & 17
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
This fine carving overlooks a communal grave for nuns from the old convent at Dudwell St Mary's in Burwash Churchyard. I think it starkly portrays the reality of that barbarous way of silencing inconvenient and awkward people. We have notreally progressed far.