Trinity at Christmastide

Since all the cool kids are doing it, here a few photos of my home parish all dressed up for Christmas:

The Son of God

"The Son of God"

God speaks
And all shall listen.
"My son died
Hung upon a tree.
He died by betrayal.
He died by choice.
He died by a destiny
Prophesied.
My son died
Strung up,
Cradled in the outstretched arms
Of a tree.
His name
Was Judas."
Thus spoke God
But few would listen.



Source, here.

My Life, This Year, So Far (And a Favorite Poem)

if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have

one.  It will not be a pansy heaven nor
a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but
it will be a heaven of blackred roses
my father will be(deep like a rose
tall like a rose)
standing near my
(swaying over her
silent)
with eyes which are really petals and see
nothing with the face of a poet really which
is a flower and not a face with
hands
which whisper
This is my beloved my
            (suddenly in sunlight
he will bow,
& the whole garden will bow)

(e.e. cummings)

Trinity Cathedral on YouTube

My home parish in Phoenix, Trinity Cathedral, finally got on the YouTube bandwagon. Their first video is out. I guess they're doing a series on the Sacraments and other good churchy stuff. Check it out:



Also available in Spanish.

St. John's Bible

Today, I went with my mum to the Phoenix Art Museum to see the Illuminated Manuscripts exhibit.

If you live near Phoenix, or if this exhibit is coming to you soon, go go GO!! It was an amazing experience. Not only did they showcase ancient Christian and Jewish texts, but the featured St. John's Bible is the first handwritten and illustrated Bible in hundreds of years. It does a great job of connecting the ancient to the modern.

(Creation)

^{(The lineage of Jesus)}