Rite of Penance

As most of you know I do not take a journalistic approach to the pictures I take of the churches. This picture is a good example of that.  I knew what I was seeing was not going to be how the final picture came out. I am trying to use this type of pre-visualization more and more in my photography. To give you an idea of what I talking about I've included the picture below of what I basically started with.

Confessional Saint Patrick Catholic Church
Glynnwood Ohio

Steeple and Stain Glass

Steeple and Stain Glass Window
Saint Patrick Catholic Church

Keeper of the Word

Main Altar
St. Patrick Catholic Church

Jesus Is Taken From The Cross

Station of the Cross
St. Patrick Catholic Church

Abraham Tested (Genesis 22:9-12)

Genesis 22:9-12
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."

Relief from altar St. Patrick Catholic Church

Silent Vigil

Angel and Candle -- Altar St. Patrick Catholic Church. Gleynnwood Ohio

Face of Christ

How did I find myself in a better place
I can’t look down on the frown on the other guy’s face
‘Cause when I stoop down low, look him square in the eye
I get a funny feeling, I just might be dealing
With the face of Christ

Lyric from Chris Rice (Face of Christ)

Station of the Cross St. Patrick Catholic Church
Glynnwood, Ohio

John 16:33

John 16:33
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

This beautiful Cristal Crucifix with Christ etched in it is the only one I have ever seen. I have another version with the complete cross that I plan on making into a poster. Simply awesome. The Land of the Cross Tipped Churches never ceases to amaze me.

Saint Patrick Catholic Church Glynnwood Ohio.

My Lord And My God

Found this beautiful mural in the balcony of Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Glynwood Ohio. I also like the black and white version.

Happy Saint Patricks Day

Picture taken at St. Patrick Church in Glynwood

Saint Patrick (Glynwood)

Not far from St. Joseph in Wapakoneta is St. Patrick in Glynwood. This is one of the smaller churches.



While there I had the good fortune to meet one of the parishioners, Sterling Fenwick. He was just tiding up the sanctuary for the next mass and was more than happy to share some of the history of the church.



I got lucky and caught the sun shining through the stained glass windows into the the sanctuary for this picture.



This grouping in front of the High Altar captured my interest and made for a good shot.



Saint Michael the Arch Angel is on the left of the Main Altar.



I am not sure who is on the right.



And of course St. Patrick is in the middle.



Here is a close-up of one section of the altar.



The stained glass windows are high narrow arches with the message at the top. Here is one with the Anchor Symbol.



Here is what the Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent) has to say about the Anchor.

The anchor, because of the great importance in navigation, was regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety. The Christians, therefore, in adopting the anchor as a symbol of hope in future existence, merely gave a new and higher signification to a familiar emblem. In the teachings of Christianity the virtue of hope occupies a place of great importance; Christ is the unfailing hope of all who believe in Him. St. Peter, St. Paul, and several of the early Fathers speak in this sense, but the Epistle to the Hebrews for the first time connects the idea of hope with the symbol of the anchor. The writers says that we have "Hope" set before us "as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm" (Hebrews 6:19-20).