Saturday, February 28, 2015

...And Night had fallen



9 comments:

1569 Rising said...

How unutterably sad.

Unknown said...

I would like to be enlightened as to what is happening or not happening here? Thanks, D

Physiocrat said...

Bizarre. It looks like something out of those Handel operas in modern settings.

Fr Ray Blake said...

It is the closing of the gates of Castel Gandolfo at the moment 2yrs ago when BXVI left office, the final ceremony.

Long-Skirts said...

"...and night had fallen"

And it's still night...

JARay said...

Yes, it is indeed a sad moment.

Anonymous said...

The lamps went out all over the world; we shall not see them lit again in our life.

~ With apologies to Sir Edward Grey

gemoftheocean said...

Jon, I hope a certain pope doesn't outlive me!!! God, grant me to see a Benedict XVII.

Unknown said...

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Fiant aures tuæ intendentes
in vocem deprecationis meæ.
Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
Quia apud te propitiatio est; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.
Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus:
Speravit anima mea in Domino.
A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
Quia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
Et ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.

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