Secrets of the heart

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking
confess the secrets of the heart."
--Saint Jerome

Blue sky

"And they were canopied by the blue sky, 
So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,
That God alone was to be seen in Heaven."

--Lord Byron

Sea

"And then, the unspeakable purity - and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee."

--Anne Bronte in Agnes Grey

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

"My soul doth magnify the Lord; and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior."
--the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, Saint Elizabeth

Yearn

"Yearn to understand first and to be understood second."

--Beca Lewis

The true liturgy

"Fish live in the sea and are silent. Terrestrial animals cry out, but the birds, whose vital space is the heavens, sing. Silence is proper to the sea, crying out to the earth, and singing to the heavens. Man, however, participates in all three: he bares within him the depth of the sea, the weight of the earth, and the height of the heavens; this is why all three modes of being belong to him: silence, crying out, and song. Today...we see that, devoid of transcendence, all that is left to man is to cry out, because he wishes to be only earth and seeks to turn into earth even the heavens and the depth of the sea. The true liturgy, the liturgy of the communion of saints, restores to him the fullness of his being. It teaches him anew how to be silent and how to sing, opening to him the profundity of the sea and teaching him how to fly, the nature of an angel; elevating his heart, it makes that song resonate in him once again which had in a way fallen asleep. In fact, we can even say that the true liturgy is recognisable especially when it frees us from the common way of living, and restores to us depth and height, silence and song. The true liturgy is recognisable by the fact that it is cosmic, not custom made for a group. It sings with the angels. It remains silent with the profound depth of the universe in waiting. And in this way it redeems the world.”
--from the writings of then-Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI
(Thank you, Father Tim, for your post @
http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2010/06/different-kinds-of-silence-at-mass.html)

The Feast Of The Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof:  because Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God in Thy Blood.

--Apoc. 5. 9