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Solar Eclipse, 4/8/24 - St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral, Cleveland OH
Dear Parish Faithful,
More Response to the Solar Eclipse: Here is a fine poem written by our parishioner, Neal Tew, following Monday's total solar eclipse.
Wonder thunders mutely in the heavens.
The planetary gearing drops her veil.
High in the sky the sun, abiding, hides,
as clouds their evening hues adorn.
The work-a-day world clogs and stills,
birds hymn their pillows ready,
and crickets their evensong intone.
Man and beast assemble
in synagogue of earth and sky:
original orbits restored.
Silent psalms of praise,
the glory of God revealing.
Planetary Sabbath.
Interstellar engineering.
4.8.24. 3:08 pm
Lawrenceville, Indiana
Thoughts on beholding the sudden darkness, with my girls, on a Monday afternoon.
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And the host of fine images from Jenny Harkins also in response to the recent solar eclipse:
When you wrote of the man who was weeping uncontrollably, it made sense- the image of God in us recognizes with fresh unfamiliarized eyes the same holy image in this magnificent beauty! Something like the shock of nostalgia, catching glimpse in that transcendent splendor of true Paradise; a call to our core, an aching pleasure.
Then like the close of an epic matinee, you blink disoriented back into the light of day; the dream that clutched your core melts immaterial and wafts away leaving the softest bruise of fingerprints; a signature of Love and future dejavu.
