
Caterina sobra minerva
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[...] for our sister, mother earth, who sustains us and governs, and produces various fruits with colored flowers and green plants [...] for those who forgive [...] and endure infirmity and tribulation [...] for our sister, bodily death, whom no man living can escape [...] May Thou be praised, my Lord
[...] per sora nostra matre Terra, la quale ne sustenta et governa, et produce diversi fructi con coloriti fior et herba [...] per quelli che perdonano [...] et sostengono infermitate et tribulatione [...] per sora nostra Morte corporale, da la quale nullu homo vivente pò scappare [...] Laudato si' mi Signore
-- Excerpts from The Praises of the Creatures (Il cantico delle creature), San Francesco d'Assisi (1226)
Todi, Italy (May, 2007)
On Sunday 10 June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, Catholics of Oxford took part in a Eucharistic Procession from the Oxford Oratory to the Catholic Chaplaincy, pausing at Blackfriars Priory for a sermon given by Bishop William Kenney CP, auxiliary of Birmingham.
Brasilia - DF - Brasil
Dom Bosco Church
Projected by Carlos Alberto Naves. They are 80 16m-high columns in Brise-Soleil closing in Gothic style, with stained-glass windows in 12 shades of blue, symbolizing a starry sky. On the roof, drawings by Carlos Alberto Naves, the central luster by Alvimar Moreira contains 7.400 Murano glasses and 180 lamps weighing 2.600 kg.
Igreja Dom Bosco
Projetado por Carlos Alberto Naves. São 80 colunas em Brise-Soleil com 16 m de altura fechando em estilo gótico, com vitrais em 12 tonalidades de azul, simbolizando um céu estrelado. No teto, desenhos de Carlos Alberto Naves, o lustre central de Alvimar Moreira contém 7.400 copos de vidro Murano e 180 lâmpadas pesando 2.600 kg.
"A flame divided yet undimmed..." as the Exsultet, the hymn in praise of the Paschal candle says.
In subsequent photos, Br Romero, the thurifer, disappears in the cloud of incense which he is producing!
The Dominican priory church in Oxford is lit by the light of the Easter fire after the darkness of Good Friday.
To find out more about Badshahi Mosque, visit the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badshahi_Masjid
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma (i)
The beautiful and majestic Magdalen College's medieval Tower (144ft high, built 1492-1509) is seen from the College's expansive deer park and water meadow.
Perhaps most photographed building in Helsinki (Finland). This is also known as Suurkirkko or St. Nicholas church.
Canterbury Cathedral, taken with the help of a pocket tripod.
I thought this photo made a pretty good black and white.
While there is no doubt that the cultural revolution caused endless vandalism against chinese cultural assets, I am surprised by what remained.
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This is the church located at the end of the street in the Old Town picture.