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Those thick adobe walls are no match for the heat and humidity in South Texas, so sometimes that fan is called into service.
Presidio la Bahía
Goliad, Texas
photographed 11.24.2019
by the light of the afternoon sun
My in-laws used to live very close to this place, but in all our trips there we’d never stopped in at the church. I took advantage of proximity while on the Patient Spouse’s recent Nostalgia Tour 2019, and was finally able to see the interior. It was lovely.
Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church
Vattman, Texas
photographed 11.23.2019
Hose
I went around behind the cemetery’s statues, as I do, because that’s where I get to find things like this water hose coiled on the ground.
Our Lady of Consolation Cemetery
Vattman, Texas
photographed 11.23.2019
Chaplet
Hello, and welcome to New Word Day here on One Day | One Image. Today’s new word is “chaplet.”
A Chaplet is a form of Christian prayer which uses prayer beads. Some chaplets have a strong Marian element, others focus more directly on Jesus or the Saints. Chaplets are “personal devotionals.” They have no set form and vary considerably. In the Roman Catholic Church, while the usual five-decade Dominican rosary is a chaplet, often chaplets have fewer beads than a traditional rosary and a different set of prayers. In the Anglican Communion, a chaplet often includes one week of the Anglican rosary. (from Wikipedia)
Additionally, the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy uses ordinary rosary beads of five decades. (also from Wikipedia)
And candles? Candles are involved too, right? (from my brain, which doesn’t understand any of this)
San Fernando Cathedral
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 11.25.2016
The Blessing
One time, when a winter storm closed the roads, we spent Christmas night sleeping* in the basement of the Methodist church in Post, Texas. It was not nearly the spiritual experience one might anticipate, even with the heavy symbolism of taking refuge and etc.
And, then last Christmas Eve, I explored the Catholic church in Marathon, Texas, where I suppose a Mass was held later that night. This time it was just me and the little Pope there on the windowsill. Neither of us snored.
St. Mary Catholic Church
Marathon, Texas
photographed 12.24.2018
*Sort-of sleeping, I guess. Many, many people snore, as it turns out. And church basement floors are very cold.
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