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This is what I look like
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I took this after Mass in Dorchester-upon-Thames when we were down there for my cousin’s wedding .
The lady coming towards the camera is Katharine , Duchess of Kent , who is married to Prince Edward , Duke of Kent , a first cousin of the Queen .,
She used to present the trophies for rhe ladies’ finalists at Wimbledon . There is a clip under the photo of her comforting Jana Novotna in the 1993 Final .
It was a delight to meet her .
In 1994 she converted to Catholicism , the highest ranking royal to do so since the Reformation .
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The lady coming towards the camera is Katharine , Duchess of Kent , who is married to Prince Edward , Duke of Kent , a first cousin of the Queen .,
She used to present the trophies for rhe ladies’ finalists at Wimbledon . There is a clip under the photo of her comforting Jana Novotna in the 1993 Final .
It was a delight to meet her .
In 1994 she converted to Catholicism , the highest ranking royal to do so since the Reformation .
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San Xavier del Bac. You might recognize the interior from Bishop Barron’s ‘Catholicism’ series.
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Norbertine?
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A sunset.
A sunset.
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This is the new courthouse that was built in downtown L.A. a few years ago. You can see the temporary external elevator on the side pf the building that the construction workers use.
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And this is the view from that same temporary elevator looking southwest toward the skyscrapers. I worked in all six of those tallest buildings during my 30 years in construction. I often marveled at the view from the tops of those buildings, which relatively few people ever see.
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And this is the view from that same temporary elevator looking southwest toward the skyscrapers. I worked in all six of those tallest buildings during my 30 years in construction. I often marveled at the view from the tops of those buildings, which relatively few people ever see.
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Here’s our Marian shrine from outside our church 
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Early morning somewhere
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That is the interior.
This is the exterior.
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This is the exterior.
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Benediction, a pair of bronze sculptures by Ralph Helmick, in the Park Street subway station in Boston. To my mind these recall Pope John Paul II’s visit to Boston on October 1, 1979, and his celebration of the Mass in the park just outside the station.
However, I have not been able to find references that establish that connection. The artist and the subway authority say that the sculptures are “nondenominational” and “universal gestures of peace and benediction,” which is perhaps what they must say, since it was publicly funded.
I was there in the park on that blessed day. The crowd was so large that I could not see the Pope at any time, though I could clearly hear his voice on the sound system. (For you young sprouts, in those days, they didn’t have enormous video screens and live feeds as they would have at such an event today.) I got soaked in the rain, like a blessing of holy water from God’s own hand.
The sculpture was commissioned in 1989, roughly 10 years after Pope John Paul II’s visit. I took these photos in 2002. (Notice the conspicuous absence of smartphones, which didn’t roll out until 2007.)
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However, I have not been able to find references that establish that connection. The artist and the subway authority say that the sculptures are “nondenominational” and “universal gestures of peace and benediction,” which is perhaps what they must say, since it was publicly funded.
I was there in the park on that blessed day. The crowd was so large that I could not see the Pope at any time, though I could clearly hear his voice on the sound system. (For you young sprouts, in those days, they didn’t have enormous video screens and live feeds as they would have at such an event today.) I got soaked in the rain, like a blessing of holy water from God’s own hand.
The sculpture was commissioned in 1989, roughly 10 years after Pope John Paul II’s visit. I took these photos in 2002. (Notice the conspicuous absence of smartphones, which didn’t roll out until 2007.)
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I’m going away for a little while. This is where I’ll be if anybody needs me.
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Jesus’ words before his Ascension?
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