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Navaratri is a festival celebrating the nine forms of Goddess Durga: a different form every night.
On this first night, Goddess Shailaputri is venerated (‘Shaila’ is another name for the Himalayan mountains and ‘Putri’ means ‘the daughter'). We celebrate the extraordinary focus and determination She had in Her sadhana in order to gain Lord Shiva as Her husband. We also pray to this aspect of The Divine to strengthen our own resolve and strength in our spiritual practices so that we can attain our goal: God-realisation in this lifetime.
Our traditional Navaratri practice every night is to perform a Guru-Puja, Kalash-Puja, yajna, abhishekam, and arati, as well as satsangs from different speakers and Gurudev Himself. Tonight we had a satsang on the Divya Prabandham, an introduction to the Mukunda Mala Stotram, and this year, we will have Gurudev's special commentary on this scripture every night.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
An odd selection of signs on this liquor store. (And another Eye-Fi test… this photo was uploaded via the Wi-Fi hotspot in the McDonald's behind me as I took the photo, and was in Flickr before I got back to my desk)
On May 14, 2016, St. John Cantius Parish celebrated for the first time the great Vigil of Pentecost. This special Mass, similar to the Easter Vigil, is celebrated at night and commemorates the Apostles' vigil with Mary in the Cenacle before the Descent of the Holy Spirit. During the Vigil, prophesies are read from Scripture that announce the coming of the Paraclete Spirit. The celebrant blesses the Pentecost Water at the Baptismal Font in a special rite, and the gathered faithful, holding lit candles, renew their baptismal promises. After such preparation, the celebration of Pentecost may begin, which concludes the Easter Season.
The rusty fonts of either Polish or Lithuanian scripture on the 1970 gravesite of Mykola's Krupavicius.
This all welded steel structure marks the grave of Mykola’s Krupavicius - (1885-1970). All the letters that are inside the arc shaped structure are welded to hollow steel tubes which are welded in place between each piece of vertical square tube.
The base at the bottom of the structure has more letters that may have threaded studs welded on the backside so they could possibly be bolted down.
I am also not sure if the entire structure was ever painted. There is no evidence of any paint. The structure is rusty. The letters inside the arc show faded & worn paint as does part of the base under the individual letters.
I'm going to have to reshoot this when the sun is lined up dead center so all the letters are bathed in sunlight or wait for a cloudy day.
Saint Casimir Lutheran Cemetery
4401 W 111th Street
Chicago, Illinois
Cook County, USA
I found this great scripture fabric at shabbyfabrics.com. Had everyone sign a square that was at the party.