Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for April 30, 2019

try to see the simple beauty in everything and pass it on to other people

I love the colorization of this strip these days!

A much admired Methodist bishop in Atlanta once took a lady to see a play at the famous Fox Theater. If you’ve been there, you know that the carved and painted ornamentation includes a sky full of tiny electric stars set in the ceiling.

The bishop became so entranced by the faux heavens that he couldn’t follow the play. Unfortunately he was also distracted from his companion.

When the play ended, and they were on the street, he hailed and paid for a cab to take her home, saying “I’m sorry, my dear, but I’ve just realized there’s something I must do.

He spent the night on a bench, looking up at the stars, until sunrise.

No, he never married.

One of my favorites, I think.

In medieval times, stained glass was used to filter out the secular world and allow only the divine in.

this one makes me all teary……….. sniff! :-)

Good to remember God’s rainbow – and that everyone should stand in loving peace under that banner.

Sadly, most of us will have to go with a lot of stains…

Brother Leo truly invokes the spirit of Francis of Assisi.

would rather give this a ‘love’ than a ‘like’

Stained glass windows are nice. But sometimes it is only in the darkness that we can see the light.

I walk in the pre-dawn hours under the stars. It’s a better light show than any made by man.