#Washington national Cathedral

[scottguy]

God forbid he is asked to be kind and merciful. What a fucking dick he is.

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives. The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples. I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here. Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love, and walk humbly with each other and our God, for the good of all people — the good of all people in this nation and the world. Amen.”

[saywhat-politics]

This is the Reverend who asked Trump to show compassion.

[pointandshooter]

Excerpt from Bishop Mariann Budde's sermon at the inaugural prayer service Tuesday:

"Let me make one final plea. Mr. President.

Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country. And we're scared now.

There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families -- some who fear for their lives.

And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants, and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation. But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues … and temples.

I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away. And that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.

Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being; to speak the truth to one another in love. and walk humbly with each other and our God. For the good of all people in this nation and the world."

photo: David Castenson

[gaynglican]

I went to the Washington National Cathedral :)

[eopederson]

Gothic arches, South Transept, Washington National Cathedral, 2024.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothing) by Frederick Hart (1978-84), Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.

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“Every self has a power of understanding that, in the truest sense, determines who and what he is. Our understanding does not fluctuate like our states of consciousness. Our powers are the measure of our will, and our will is the ability possessed by each one of us to participate in the Will that is our Source.”

~ J.G. Bennett, ‘The Dramatic Universe’

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Washington National Cathedral par David Castenson Via Flickr : Washington, DC

[alo-blogs-world]

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[raspberry-beret]

Art Weekend - Washington National Cathedral Rose Window

Closely modeled after 14th-century English Gothic styles, the Washington National Cathedral boasts over two hundred stained glass windows of various sizes. Rose windows, or circular rosette windows common in Gothic styles, are the centerpieces and rhe largest of these. The north rose window is 26 feet across in length and over 10,500 pieces of glass were used to construct the west rose window.

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Washington National Cathedral

[mydarlingdahlia]

When your fiancée (now wife) is rich as hell and insists on spoiling you despite your multiple attempts to convince her that you’d be fine with a small chapel wedding but she does this instead…🧍‍♀️

I DID NOT NEED A WHOLE CATHEDRAL.

[sabistarphotos]

April 29, 2022

Washington National Cathedral

[pointandshooter]

The crypt of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC

photo: David Castenson

[grottweiler]

Not all grotesques are gargoyles, but all gargoyles are grotesques.

They're a lot smaller than I imagined, less than 2 feet long, which actually fits perfectly because Grott is the runt of his litter.

I designed Grott before I looked through this book, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that both the goat and the bat are represented on the Washington Cathedral. A lot of the gargoyles are just monsters, but a good handful are animals, and it was nice to see that both major inspirations for Grott's design made the cut.

I would probably put Grott under "fantastical creatures difficult to categorize" rather than "mythological characters" or "dragon."

[eopederson]

Late afternoon stained glass projections on gothic arches, Washington National Cathedral, 8th December 2004.

Posting this to celebrate an amazing month of music with more to come. Yesterday we were awed by a presentation of Handel's Messiah (written as a musical offering for the Easter season, but worth hearing in December) in the National Cathedral. The oratorio was written for theater performance, but it is well suited to the acoustic of the cathedral. That followed a Friday concert by the Folger Consort playing my favorite composition for the holiday season, Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Messe de minuit pour Noël. In addition there have been several fantastic concerts at the Library of Congress with two more to come before the holiday.

We finished yesterday with a celebratory dinner at Le Piquette, our favorite bistro in DC, and I enjoyed a well-prepared cassoulet, the second best I have had outside of France. [For those resident in the PNW, Cafe Campagne in Seattle's Pike Place Market serves the absolute best, a delight of a quality I would expect at a good bistro in France]. It was an amazing weekend in the midst of an amazing month.