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The next in our series by Thomas Cole is Voyage of Life: Manhood.  This is where we realize that we have messed up.  We've tried to go it alone, without God and are heading down a dark and dangerous path.

As the dark clouds part, we see our guardian angel, who has been waiting for us all along.  There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it will require a change of direction.

We are on our knees, begging God for help.

For tomorrow's Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, I wanted to show these icons, discovered last year, that depict the two saints.  They are from the 4th century and are believed to be the oldest icons in existence.  What amazed me, is how similar they are to icons of the two saints today.  The Eastern Church really has preserved the writing of icons, as it is called, down to the present day.

In both pictures, Peter is shown with white hair and a round white beard, and Paul is shown with brown hair, balding, and a brown pointed beard.

Traditionally, the icon of St. Peter and St. Paul represents the hoped-for unity between the East and the West. '

May it come quickly!

Josquin's Ave Maria is one of my favorites and I was blessed enough to sing it in college.  I especially like the end:  O Mater Dei, memento mei. Amen! (Oh, Mother of God, remember me! Amen!)  It is written to be sung with such hushed emotion!

Sunday Snippets is brought to you each week by RAnn at a This, That and the Other Thing.

Music Monday this week was one of my favorite pieces, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

On Art and Beauty Tuesday, we continued our series on A Voyage of Life by Thomas Cole, looking at Youth.

For Scripture Saturday, we talked about living your life for Christ and not for yourself.

On Thursday, I talked about a group called Downsize DC which wants to decrease wasteful spending and dishonesty in Washington.

On Friday, I posted a neat video by a 94 year old woman who teaches us how to cook Depression era food.

Finally, on Saturday, I posted about the role of the body in Christianity.

I pray that everyone has a blessed week.

I have been crucified with Christ, and the life I live now is not my own; Christ is living in me. I still live my human life, but it is a life of faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me
Galatians 2:19b-20

Clara is a 94 year old great grandmother who has a cooking channel on YouTube where she shares recipes that got her family through the Great Depression.

This one is for baked apples--something both my mom and my late mother-in-law used to make.

Are you as tired of the government's antics as I am?  Would you like to see some legislation passed to force Congress to read the bills they vote on?!  How about making sure Congress writes its own laws and not delegate that job to unelected Executive branch bureaucrats?  (What ever happened to separation of powers?!)

Would you like to stop the government from seizing the assets of people who have committed no crime?

Is it important for you to continue to have access to vitamins and dietary supplements?

If any of these issues are important to you, join Downsize DC.  Their mission is to decrease the size of government, wasteful spending and  stop unconstitutional legislation. Visit their campaigns page to see what you can do to put power back into the hands of the individual and out of the hands of intrusive government.  They make it easy to send off e-mails to your elected officials stating your point of view regarding these and other important issues.

Fed up with politics?  Here's an easy way to do something about it!

This is another of my favorite pieces--Fantasy on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams.  When my dh was a senior in college, he conducted the wind ensemble version of this piece.

This clip is from the movie Williamstowne by Richard Horian.  It is set completely to music by Vaughan Williams and is a ballet-like telling of a poignant story of love, loss, and moving on.

Sunday Snippets is brought to you each week by RAnn at a This, That and the Other Thing.I began the week with a beautiful natural bouquet made of both "real" flowers and weeds.  Truly God's gift.  Our Music Monday was Second Suite for Band by Gustav Holtz.  Art and Beauty Tuesday highlighted A Voyage of Life: Childhood by Thomas Cole and Scripture Saturday talked about Jesus' maxim regarding he who tries to save his life, losing it in the end.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 

Luke 9:23-24

This is Second Suite in F for Military Band by Gustav Holtz.  It is one of the first pieces that my college wind ensemble played after I met my future husband.  He had the euphonium solo that occurs in the piece.  It remains one of my favorites.

Sunday Snippets is brought to you each week by RAnn at a This, That and the Other Thing.Our week began with Music Monday and the British comedy, Last of the Summer Wine.  Art and Beauty Tuesday featured a modern impressionistic artist, Pierre Bittar.

For the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, we had a beautifully meditative Litany of the Sacred Heart accompanied by chant.  We also celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Scripture Saturday talked about Our Lady pondering all things in her heart.  

I also indulged in some nostalgia and talked about the feeling of deja vu I experienced last Sunday when, during the Eucharistic procession, I saw a little girl in white gloves and a little boy in saddle shoes.

Have a blessed week!

But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19

This is a calming and meditative Litany of the Sacred Heart set to Gregorian chant. Listen and open your own heart to God.

Thank you to Autumn at Autumn's Leaves for giving me the Sunshine Award!  I am going to pass this award along to less than the 12 people required, but here goes!

First on my list is the beautiful Trail of Flowers blog.
Next goes to Simply Michele.
And, finally, to my good friend TACParent, at What I Learned Today.


Congratulations to all!