No, it has not been a long time since I’ve had a bowl of Wolf Brand Chili. Although actually it has been a very long time since that has happened. I was actually just taken up with my trip to France, and got involved in a lot of life after that which left little time for updating my little portion of real estate on the web here.
With that being writ… away we very unceremoniously go to some links — it’s just a weblog post after all.
Joe Pastry makes Petit Fours I cant stand petit fours, sugary processed, bleah. So it seems that if you make them yourself you at least have some control over how the final effect will be.
Croissants Too. People with food blogs would post a picture of how their croissants came out rather than just a link. I’ll try it, but having it here helps me find it easier in the future.
Catholic Quotes…
Confession Quotes…
Greatest Catholic Quotes of All Time (Says who? But still a very good collection of quotes.)
Gouzes. The first time someone said Gouzes to me I thought my hearing had gone south. He’s a composer in France working with SATB Mass settings which are fantastic. They are very simple to learn and to sing along with, if you speak French. But only a few translations have been done so far, GIA has them.
Gouzes Music at Sheetmusicplus could be promising as well.
Given that St. Louis is the Patron Saint of New Orleans, and the Cathedral there is named after him, it seemed fitting to make a pilgrimage to his resting place. He’s at the Basilica of St. Denis, which contains the Royal Necropolis. It’s built over the grave of St. Denis, early Bishop of Paris.
Come to find out, there’s only a little bit of him left — part of a finger to be exact, and it’s in a beautiful reliquary in a special chapel which predominates the upper Sanctuary at the very crown of the church.
Almost all of the Catholic French monarchs are buried there including everyone’s favorite, Marie Antoinette. She’s in the middle, on the left.
Many of the tombs were originally decorated with these funereal statues. During the revolution they were saved by a savvy statesman who claimed them as national art treasures. The family remains were all removed, and the funereal statues / coffins were removed to a museum. Later, everything was moved back, but most of the monarchs’ remains have been placed in a large common ossuary, except for those who could be identified. For instance, the monarchs after Napoleon, and Marie Antionette and her husband Louis XVI, who were moved from the grave they were placed in quite unceremoniously after they were murdered, had their remains placed in their own graves here.
Here is a cape worn by Louis VII during some of the royal ceremonies of St. Denis, back in his day.
And below is from a print, showing how the Church was draped and made ready for the funeral of a Queen of France.
Gulls can really make or break a place. These help set the pace for a relaxing time in St. Malo.
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When in France… not surprisingly, no one speaks English here! Oh well, nothing like learning a new language.
My first meal and first Church in France. Wow.
This was at La Couronne, and every bite of every dish was a marvelous new experience.
Having a GPS is great except for the fact that it’s entirely possible to get to your destination without really knowing where you are in the meantime. Hence the fact I’m not quite sure which Church this is. But it’s tres jolie, and the point is, the organ looked rather old, but sounded magnificent while the organist was doodling around.
Well, I will have to post it later, the file is too big. Off into the day!
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