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Lori Novo wearing a *Bliss Couture*'s Group Exclusive
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15 April 2011,
FILM - Fuji Superia Xtra 400, Honeywell Pentax, Takumar 105mm + organic meter
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkran)
The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder.
The priest at the Cathedral of St Philip went through gallons of holy water, blessing some of the 60,000 runners.
See the black buckets? Someone from the church would take the smaller bucket inside, come back with it full, and dump the water into the larger bucket. The priest would refill his silver bowl from the large bucket. This went on for three hours.
The Blessing of the Animals service recognizes that the animals with whom
we share this planet are important to us, to God, and we are blessed by their
presence in our lives.
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
Paulo Coelho
I received one of the greatest benedictory blessing today ;-)
SOOC:taken today while biking in BJ
The blessing of the water for safe travel as well as abundant life and quenching of thirst
I love that there was some element of the native american stewardship, as all of this grand lake was once Da-Wa , or big water, to the tribes that inhabited this region before westward expansion brought the white, european, south american settlers west
at the
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#Hadith:
Whoever walks a #blind man 40 steps holding his hand, the Hell-fire will not touch his face. (Kanzul Ummal, vol. 20, pg. 255)
Blessing of the Bikes & Bike Wash at Thunder-Rode Motorcycle Accessories in Kingman, Arizona on Route 66
A photo of Blessing Atieno from Kenya. Learn more at cure.org/curekids/kenya/2011/08/blessing_atieno/