2024 Festal Eucharist @ St. Patrick(纽约圣帕特里克大教堂·主日)
2024-03-10 Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday in Lent)
【Large Red Man Reading (1950)】
Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)
There were ghosts that returned to earth to hear his phrases,
As he sat there reading, aloud, the great blue tabulae.
They were those from the wilderness of stars that had expected more.
There were those that returned to hear him read from the poem of life,
Of the pans above the stove, the pots on the table, the tulips among them.
They were those that would have wept to step barefoot into reality,
That would have wept and been happy, have shivered in the frost
And cried out to feel it again, have run fingers over leaves
And against the most coiled thorn, have seized on what was ugly
And laughed, as he sat there reading, from out of the purple tabulae,
The outlines of being and its expressings, the syllables of its law:
Poesis, poesis, the literal characters, the vatic lines,
Which in those ears and in those thin, those spended hearts,
Took on color, took on shape and the size of things as they are
And spoke the feeling for them, which was what they had lacked.
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华莱士·史蒂文斯“异乡人·花环”(1879生—1955卒)
【红霞译】
幽灵回到尘世要听他说话，
当他坐在那儿高声朗读蓝色名著。
牠们就是出自星辰荒野有着太多期盼的家伙。
有些来听他朗读生命的诗篇，
关乎炉顶的平底锅、桌上的罐子、其中的郁金香。
牠们就是哭着赤脚走进现实的家伙，
会破涕为笑，在霜冻中发抖
并疾呼要再次感受，用手指抚过树叶
抵抗最捆缚的荆棘，抓住丑陋的东西
大笑起来，当他坐在那儿从紫色书籍读出，
对存在及其表达的描述，格律的音节：
韵文、创作、字符、预言似的诗行，
在牠们的耳朵里乃至单薄的身躯，牠们倦乏的内心，
呈现色彩，呈现事物本来的形状和大小
并为牠们道出感觉，而这正是牠们所缺乏的。
【注】今天恰逢天主教大斋期的第四个礼拜天——欢喜主日(Laetare Sunday)，被视为耶稣复活的期待日，在大斋期的肃穆中透出一缕喜乐的曙光。美国最知名的圣帕特里克“高贵”大教堂(St. Patrick's Cathedral)内座无虚席，信徒们从四面八方赶来，共同参与圣祭。他们在这神圣的时刻追忆基督走过的苦路(Calvary)，默想那为世人付出的牺牲，同时满怀期盼地等待祂在三个礼拜后的今天(3/31/24)喜乐荣光地复活。
这一天，象征着希望和欢乐的玫瑰色，代替了象征忏悔的紫色，悄然铺满整个圣殿。司铎的祭披、祭坛上的帷幔，乃至点缀堂内的装饰，都主打温柔而明亮的粉红色彩——仿佛在告诉每一位在场的人：黎明将至，救赎的喜乐已经不远。
Today in History(历史上的今天):
2024: Bryant Park in Midtown, NYC(纽约绿洲·布莱恩特公园)
2024: National Arts Club, NYC(纽约国家艺术俱乐部·前州长故居)
2024: 1-Michelin-Starred Gramercy Tavern, NYC(纽约城米其林一星·格拉梅酒馆)
2016: MontCo Sci Research Contest(宾州蒙哥马利郡科研竞赛)
Fa?ade in the Mid-19th-Century Decorated Neo-Gothic
(正面观·19世纪中期装饰性新哥特式)
Ornate Entrance w/ the Roses Symbolizing Easter's Approaching Joy
(饰门·满载复活节即将到来喜悦的玫瑰)
Festal Eucharist on Laetare, a "Pink" Day during Lent
(欢喜主日圣事·四旬斋期间的“粉色”日 03-10-2024)
Pulpit on Dominica de Rosa (金玫瑰讲坛)
Cardinal Dolan in Rose-Colored Vestments on Laetare Sunday
(欢喜主日上红衣主教多兰“黑发”身穿玫瑰色法衣)
Laetare Flower, a Symbol of Joy & Hope
(欢喜花·象征欢乐和希望)
Rose Window (玫瑰花窗 03-24-1994)
Glasses Stained w/ Geothermal Plant
(饰有地温植物的雕窗 03-17-1997)
The Annunciation and Nativity | Ornamental Leaded Icon
(《天使报喜画》| 含铅装饰圣像花窗)
Pilgrimage (《朝圣》)
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