I’m not the greatest photog out there but this shot captured with an iPhone 12 (covered the lens with my eclipse glasses) really struck me.
I took this on my front lawn in Texas just as the moon was starting to take a bite out of the sun and it almost looks like a cross is emanating from the disc, almost like a monstrance…
God is marvelous to us, His sinful people.
Let us heed this as the warning to repent I am sure it is.
On that note, I stopped in at confession this morning. Asked my guardian angel and the Blessed Mother to help me make a good confession. I stepped into the box and started speaking the few things I had planned. And then, almost without realizing it, I concluded with, “and for all of my previous sins including…” where I went on to list about 20 things from my past. Wasn’t planning to make a general confession today but I’m glad I did.
And then I went home and witnessed the eclipse. Roosters crowed at 1:40 PM. The porch light came on. Birds flew into the trees for shelter. My dog, well he slept right through it but that’s to be expected. My mother-in-law stopped by with tacos for everyone because why not? At the moment of totality, the public school kids are few blocks away let out a loud cheer. My neighbors began applauding. And I stared at the sun without the glasses and I was fine and it was beautiful. I saw Jupiter and Venus clear as day. And of course I heard the celebratory shotgun blast from somewhere in the neighborhood because this is Texas after all.
And then when it was over we all stopped and offered a few Aves in honor of Blessed Mother and to thank God for this once-in-a-lifetime gift.
Sun and moon, bless the Lord!
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