I HOPE ..

MAKE NO MISTAKE .. I FULLY REALIZE HOW BLESSED AND HOW LUCKY AND HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AS I DO. THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY WEBSITE HERE IS TO REALIZE MY DESIRE THAT .. IN SOME SMALL WAY .. ONE OF MY POSTS OR ONE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS WILL MAKE ONE PERSON'S DAY JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

TO FEEL GOOD .. DO GOOD !

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Sunday 27 March 2016

MAR 27, 16 .. HAPPY EASTER FROM ARAMBOL (BEACH) GOA ..

HAPPY EASTER 2016 ..

HE IS RISEN !

JESUS  ..

IS THE REASON 

FOR THE EASTER SEASON !


IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU EVER SAY IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IS THANK YOU .. IT WILL BE ENOUGH .. Meister Eckhart ..

Oh God of Abraham .. My creator .. Creator of Heaven and of Earth .. Thank You God .. For your gift to the world .. Of your only begotten son .. Jesus of Nazarth .. He Is Risen .. This I believe .. Help my unbeliefs .. Strength My Faith .. O' God I Pray.

Today's Easter Sunday Rhetorical Question : Would you rather believe and be wrong or not believe and be wrong. Choose one.

Today's second Easter Sunday Rhetorical Question : What is the most beautiful church you have ever seen?

Of course for me to name just one-and-only-one church is pretty much impossible. I will say this .. Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Arambol in Goa absolutely has got to be right up there in my own personal top five beautiful churches.

Beauty also has-to-do with one's personal attachment to the work-or-art. I have a most personal and intimate attachment to Our Lady of Mount Carmel church. I love this church. I attended Mass here and I mixed and I mingled with my local Arambol and with my Arambol Beach neighbors. We have two different locations here. The small village of Arambol and the seaside village of Arambol Beach.

The Indian State of Goa was discovered / founded by the Portuguese early in the 16th century. It remained a Portuguese overseas territory for 450 years finally being peacefully annexed by India in 1961. Because of the Portuguese influence Goa has a large population of Christians.

Being Easter Sunday I would be remiss in saying anything negative about my personal obsessive-compulsive photographing of this touching and .. In My Opinion .. Magnificent Edifice. 

Below is the first view I ever had of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Arambol. It was November 15th or 16th of 2011.

When I looked up from the road at the below scene I was: Stunned .. Frozen in my tracks .. I could NOT take my eyes away from the beauty before me. 

I thought to myself .. "What is it that I am looking at in front of the Church?" .. "I wish that .. whatever it is .. it was not there because it detracts from a clear and unobstructed view of the church!"

So I could clearly see what it was that was blocking the view of the church I began walking up the steps.




The below photos very clearly show the statue.



Several photos of the church without the above statue being 'in-the-way'.


I do absolutely no touching-up or computer assisted alterations to any of my photographs ever. What you see is what I photographed. I myself am stunned at the beauty of these photos. They look to-good-to-be natural.

The below photos show the church as viewed in the warm afternoon sun.


The time has come the Walrus said for us to go inside of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church.


Several photos of the church grounds.
I really enjoyed just sitting quietly on the below benches. 
Thinking about life. Meditating on the joy of my own life.
Just .. Being In The Now!


Our Lady of Mount Carmel also has a very active school.
The school as viewed walking West up the road and heading to Arambol Beach proper.
You can see the church in the distance to the left of the school in these photos.




Deep Breath .. Count to ten .. Let it out slowly ..

Look down at the wonder of Arambol Beach in Goa in India on this Easter Sunday 2016.
Listen! Can you hear the surf rolling up onto the beach? Can you feel the wind in your face?



And? 

Maybe pause again to give thanks for the abundance that is yours ..

As my son Robbie would always say when he was small ..


HAPPY EASTER EGG TO YOU ALL!

WITH LOVE .. 

CAP AND PATTI ..

My dearest Patti .. Putting this Post together I have become homesick for Arambol Beach and for Goa .. 

6 comments:

  1. Nice, gentle, Easter post. I love the way you tied in the pictures of the church and Arambol Beach. The benches in Carmel Garden (at the church) with the words HAPPINESS, PEACE & JOY really tugged at my heart. I imagine many people around the world would love to be sitting on a bench that says HAPPINESS, or one that says PEACE & JOY. Smiles and love. Patti

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    1. Thank You My Dear One .. IF we return you will have to make a visit to the church and sit as I have many times on those special benches I showed. You are so correct that many people would love to sit upon them. The Cross up on the small mountain overlooking Arambol Beach is some special monument. Much Love .. Cap ..

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  2. Thank you for the Easter wishes. I felt great awe viewing your photos of this church. A beautiful sight, beneficial to the soul.

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    1. Beneficial to the soul. That says it all Shaddy. Thanks so much.

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  3. A small lamp illuminates darkness. Let us be small lamps of Resurrected Jesus
    to illuminate ourselves and those around us.

    Happy Easter

    Amazing photos really enjoyed it

    regards

    Francis

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    1. So very nice you enjoyed the Post Francis. Thank you and Matilda so very much for your friendship dating back to Matilda's birthday the 14th of November 2011. You are the greatest .. Cap and Patti ..

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