Ascension Thursday

"I have glorified Thee on the earth;  I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do; and  now glorify Thou Me, O Father, with Thyself, with the glory which I had before the world was, with Thee."
--Saint John 17. 1-11.

 (It is also the 93rd anniversary of the first apparition of Our Blessed Mother at Fatima, Portugal.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.)

Argent by the Tiber: Places of Beauty

Here is a link worth following:
Argent by the Tiber: Places of Beauty

Dream house

"He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he
provideth a kindness for many generations, and
faces that he hath not seen shall bless him."
  --Henry Van Dyke

Gifts

"Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration."

-Saint James, Chapter 1, verse 17.

Love

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

--C.S. Lewis

Mother

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.

Faith

"Faith is that which, knowing the Lord's will, goes and does it; or, not knowing it, stands and waits, content in ignorance as in knowledge, because God wills -- neither pressing into the hidden future, nor careless of the knowledge which opens the path of action."

--George MacDonald