The Most Holy Trinity -Glorious Father, Son and Holy Spirit - it would seem has blessed us with an undeniable artistic image of their presence in the Christmas Crib at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Richmond ME (part of All Saints Parish, Brunswick, ME). This spotlit, Thomas Kinkade inspired collectible figure of the crib was photographed by Fr. William Dinga, Jr. on Christmas Eve 2010. It is an example that - Spirit led - everything, every minute detail was in the right place, at the right time, at the right angle for the photograph to be taken. And what is seen gives TRUE MEANING to the obsessively overused word in our American vocabulary today: AWESOME. Only GOD and his WORKS are "AWESOME:" worthy of evoking a speechless, wondrous encounter and putting everyone in their place: God as God, and we as His humble, frail, weak, sinful, yet adoring children! For those who need some help seeing the Trinity: God the Son / Jesus is obviously the Christ Child: He is lying entirely on the right side of His Father's (God the Father) Face: Jesus' left elbow is resting on his nose; above the Father's eyebrow is a beautiful dove looking right at you - (God the Holy Spirit) of Love and Life! This is what is TRULY AWESOME - awesome indeed! Fr. Bill Dinga's Blog: I am a Roman Catholic priest who has been ordained for 36 years. I find great joy in living out my vocation. I hope that you can obtain some of that joy, hope and peace as you visit my blog and read what I have to offer! God bless you! - Fr. Bill
Catholics can always come home to the Church, and so can everyone else!
If we are called to the place in which God wills to do us the most good, it means we are called where we can best leave ourselves and find Him. The mercy of God demands to be known and recognized and set apart from everything else and praised and adored in joy. Every vocation is, therefore, at once a vocation to sacrifice and to joy. It is a call to the knowledge of God, to the recognition of God as our Father, to joy in the understanding of His mercy. Our individual vocation is our opportunity to find that one place in which we can most perfectly receive the benefits of divine mercy, and know God's love for us, and reply to His love with our whole being. - Thomas Merton "No Man is An Island" - 1955
To be SILENT, to LISTEN, so to OBEY!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Truly Awesome Trinity Crib
The Most Holy Trinity -Glorious Father, Son and Holy Spirit - it would seem has blessed us with an undeniable artistic image of their presence in the Christmas Crib at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Richmond ME (part of All Saints Parish, Brunswick, ME). This spotlit, Thomas Kinkade inspired collectible figure of the crib was photographed by Fr. William Dinga, Jr. on Christmas Eve 2010. It is an example that - Spirit led - everything, every minute detail was in the right place, at the right time, at the right angle for the photograph to be taken. And what is seen gives TRUE MEANING to the obsessively overused word in our American vocabulary today: AWESOME. Only GOD and his WORKS are "AWESOME:" worthy of evoking a speechless, wondrous encounter and putting everyone in their place: God as God, and we as His humble, frail, weak, sinful, yet adoring children! For those who need some help seeing the Trinity: God the Son / Jesus is obviously the Christ Child: He is lying entirely on the right side of His Father's (God the Father) Face: Jesus' left elbow is resting on his nose; above the Father's eyebrow is a beautiful dove looking right at you - (God the Holy Spirit) of Love and Life! This is what is TRULY AWESOME - awesome indeed! DAILY MASS HOMILY
LET US GLORIFY GOD TOGETHER using the DIVINE OFFICE of the Roman Catholic Church
Original Documents, Treatises, etc. Reflecting an Ongoing Development of Thought and Inspiration...
- ON THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE AS GOD GAVE IT, AND THE WELCOME PLACE OF GAY PERSONS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
- On the Third Edition of the Roman Missal
- O Mary Immaculate - A priest's prayer of confidence to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- O Mother of Grace - A priest's prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Prayers for Increase of Faith, Hope and Charity
- DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME - a personal prayer pamphlet for use at Mass - (recommended, print on 2 sides)
- The Crib - St. Ambrose Church, Richmond, ME - photographed Christmas Eve 2010 (Can you see Three Persons in the Crib?)
- The Crib and the Cross - St. Ambrose Church, Richmond, ME - photographed Christmas Eve 2010 (The is very much a "Trinitarian Image")
- Catechetical Presentation of the Nativity Display at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Richmond ME
- Believe this...
- On Holy Anger
- REFRESHER: The Proper Manner of Receiving Holy Communion in the Hand
- In Defense of Marriage as God Gave It; and the Welcome Place of Gay Persons in the Catholic Church
- SPIRITUAL WARFARE PRAYERS - An absolute essential Series of Prayers for Every Christian Person
- On Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
- By their Fruit They Shall be Known...
- ON THE FINAL BATTLE
- FOCUS ON [DIVINE] FRIENDSHIP - a short theology of redemption!
- Modern HIPPOCRATIC OATH - FYI
- CONSCIENCE...
- On My Morning Exercises
- Trinity Cross - suitable for framing
- Father, Son, Spirit - suitable for framing
- Hell / Heaven - The Ultimate Decision - suitable for framing
- Morning Prayer for Everyone
- Sunday Homily Series
- ON APPLYING THE GRAND PARADIGM
- ON AN ECCLESIOLOGY OF FRIENDSHIP (print 2 sided)
- ON CHASTE BODIES AND PURE MINDS - FRIENDSHIP (print 2-sided)
- ON LIFE AND OUR REPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND IT (print 2-sided)
- A LARGE BOOK - (scale to "booklet" format to print - or use two-sided printing option)
- Faith-Reason / Religion-Politics / The Media
- Our Life - Now and Forever
- On Christ Mass
- On God's Name And Our Participation in It
- On the Revival of the Tridentine Mass
- On the Subject of Women Priests
- On the Fullness of Time
- Everyone is Called to Holiness
- On The Beginning of Love
- The Third Cross - Order of Spouses
- The Third Cross - Vocation to the Catholic Priesthood
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