Random Photo of the Day, May 5 2017

The random photo of the day is a photo I took of the interior of Saint Patrick's church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Random Photo of the Day, May 4 2017

The random photo of the day is the exterior of Saint Jerome's church, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada.

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Random Photo of the Day, May 1 2017

The random photo for today, the beautiful interior of the chapel in Brescia University College, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Random Photo of the Day April 30 2017

The random photo of the day, the beautiful front facade of Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Random Photo of the Day, April 29 2017

The random photo of the day, the exterior of Saint Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario, Canada.

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Random Photo of the Day, April 28, 2017

The random photo of the day, a detail of the nave in the beautiful Gothic Revival church of Saint Helen in Toronto, Canada.

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Our Lady of Sorrows

Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:

Oh my afflicted Mother, Queen of martyrs and of sorrows, thou didst so bitterly weep over thy Son, who died for my salvation; but what will thy tears avail me if I am lost? By the merits, then, of thy sorrows, obtain for me true contrition for my sins, and a real amendment of life, together with constant and tender compassion for the sufferings of Jesus and thy dolors. And if Jesus and thou, being so innocent, have suffered so much for love of me, obtain that at least I, who am deserving of hell, may suffer something for your love. "O Lady," will I say with St. Bonaventure, "if I have offended thee, in justice wound my heart; if I have served thee, I now ask wounds for my reward. It is shameful to me to see my Lord Jesus wounded, and thee wounded with him, and myself without a wound." In fine, O my Mother, by the grief that thou didst experience in seeing thy Son bow down his head and expire on the cross in the midst of so many torments, I beseech thee to obtain me a good death. Ah, cease not, O advocate of sinners, to assist my afflicted soul in the midst of the combat in which it will have to engage on its great passage from time to eternity. And as it is probable that I may then have lost my speech and strength to invoke thy name and that of Jesus, who are all my hope, I do so now; I invoke thy Son and thee to succor me in that last moment; and I say, Jesus and Mary, to you I commend my soul. Amen.

Saint Peter's Cathedral Stained Glass Windows #2: Saint Brigid

The second window I have chosen to post about in Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada is the window depicting Saint Brigid of Ireland.

The window is right next to the window depicting Saint Dominic, both windows are dedicated to the mother and father of Bishop Michael Fallon, Dominic and Brigid Fallon.

The window (as with the Saint Dominic window) was made in 1926 by McCausland Studios in Toronto, Ontario.  Here are a few photos of the dedication on the bottom of the window, also displaying the McCauseland mark (in a slightly different position than the mark on the Saint Dominic window).

Here are a few photos showing the decoration towards the top of the window.

To finish off  this post, here are some photos of the main image in the window depicting Saint Brigid of Ireland pouring wax from a candle on her skin.  She is generally depicted with a candle due to the proximity of her feast to Candlemas, and I believe the pouring of the hot wax on her skin is a reference to the fact that she had purposefully disfigured her beautiful features in order to preserve her virginity intact.

I hope you enjoyed this post, please do check back for more in the future, as I will be creating a post like this for each and every one of the windows in this Basilica.  Until next time thank you for viewing, dear friends, and may the Lord bless you and keep you all