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Typical Paris balcony view.

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Lovely colours of Bologna

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When God had created the first Adam, He cast a deep sleep upon him, opened his side, and took out one of his ribs, of which he made Eve, his wife and the mother of all the living. Then He brought her to Adam, who exclaimed: ‘This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh…. Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.’ That was the marriage of which it is written 'This is a great Sacrament, I speak in Christ and in the Church.’ Jesus Christ, the second Adam, was pleased also to let sleep come upon Him – the sleep of death on the cross, and He was also pleased to let His side be opened, in order that the second Eve, His virgin Spouse, the Church, the mother of all the living, might be formed from it, It was His will to give Her the Blood of redemption, the water of purification, and His Spirit – the three which render testimony on earth – and to bestow upon Her also the Holy Sacraments, in order that She might be pure, holy, and undefiled; He was to be Her head, and we were to be Her members, under submission to the head, the bone of His bones, and the flesh of His flesh.

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (via egosvmqvisvm)

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I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.

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The Episcopal Church’s Bishop of Edinburgh, The Right Reverend Dr John Armes, said: “I am very pleased for the couples who can now have their relationships recognised by the church and blessed by God.”

Congrats to the Scottish Episcopal Church!

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Inbal Dror