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. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《大紅人朗讀》(1950)】 華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 幽靈回到塵世要聽他說話， 當他坐在那兒高聲朗讀藍色名著。 牠們就是出自星辰荒野有着太多期盼的傢伙。
有些來聽他朗讀生命的詩篇， 關乎爐頂的平底鍋、桌上的罐子、其中的鬱金香。 牠們就是哭着赤腳走進現實的傢伙，
會破涕為笑，在霜凍中發抖 並疾呼要再次感受，用手指撫過樹葉 抵抗最捆縛的荊棘，抓住醜陋的東西
大笑起來，當他坐在那兒從紫色書籍讀出， 對存在及其表達的描述，格律的音節： 韻文、創作、字符、預言似的詩行，
在牠們的耳朵里乃至單薄的身軀，牠們倦乏的內心， 呈現色彩，呈現事物本來的形狀和大小 並為牠們道出感覺，而這正是牠們所缺乏的。 【注】今天是天主教大齋期的第四個禮拜天——歡喜主日(Laetare Sunday)，在大齋期的肅穆中透出一縷喜樂的曙光。聖帕特里克“高貴”大教堂內座無虛席，信徒從四面八方趕來共同參與聖祭。他們追憶基督走過的苦路，默想那為世人付出的犧牲，同時滿懷期盼地等待祂在三個禮拜後復活。這一天，象徵希望與歡樂的玫瑰色代替了懺悔的紫色，司鐸的祭披、祭壇的帷幔、堂內的裝飾都溫柔而明亮——仿佛在告訴每個人：黎明將至，救贖的喜樂已經不遠。 玫瑰色從祭壇向四周蔓延，像光從水面擴散開來。紫色被收進了告解室的木簾後面，暫時讓位給一種更輕柔的、近乎試探般的明亮。穹頂下方，管風琴的音量比平時收了一些，琴聲在石柱之間盤繞時不再沉重，而是帶着某種向上的、逐漸打開的弧度。那些跪在長椅上的老人，閉着眼，嘴唇微微翕動，可他們的肩膀不再像大齋期前幾個主日那樣緊繃。空氣里有一種難以名狀的鬆動，像一扇長時間緊閉的窗被人推開了一條縫——還沒有風灌進來，但你知道外面有什么正在靠近。 玫瑰色落在石板地上，恰好是一扇窗的投影——光穿過彩繪玻璃後被染過、編過、才降落到這裡。溫和，堅定，像一句已經被聽進去的安慰。“歡喜主日”不張揚，只是在大齋期漫長的灰暗中拍一下肩：快到了。管風琴又響了一聲，不高，餘音盪開時整座教堂靜得更深。我低頭看自己的手，正安靜地放在膝上——沒有攥緊，也沒有攤開，只是一個剛好可以接住什麼的姿勢。 Today in History(歷史上的今天):
2024: Bryant Park in Midtown, NYC(紐約綠洲·布萊恩特公園) 2024: National Arts Club, NYC(紐約國家藝術俱樂部·前州長故居) 2024: 1-Michelin-Starred Gramercy Tavern, NYC(紐約城米其林一星·格拉梅酒館) 2016: MontCo Sci Research Contest(賓州蒙哥馬利郡科研競賽)
 Façade in the Mid-19th-Century Decorated Neo-Gothic
(正面觀·19世紀中期裝飾性新哥特式) 
Ornate Entrance w/ the Roses Symbolizing Easter's Approaching Joy (飾門·滿載復活節即將到來喜悅的玫瑰) 
Festal Eucharist on Laetare, a "Pink" Day during Lent (歡喜主日聖事·四旬齋期間的“粉色”日 03-10-2024) 
Pulpit on Dominica de Rosa (金玫瑰講壇)  Cardinal Dolan in Rose-Colored Vestments on Laetare Sunday
(歡喜主日上紅衣主教多蘭“黑髮”身穿玫瑰色法衣) 
Laetare Flower, a Symbol of Joy & Hope (歡喜花·象徵歡樂和希望)  Rose Window w/Symbolic Design Centered around the Theme of the Number 8, Referencing the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount
(玫瑰花窗·富有象徵意義的設計以數字8為中心，呼應了《登山寶訓》中的八福 03-24-1994)  Glasses Stained w/ Geothermal Plant
(飾有地溫植物的雕窗 03-17-1997)
The Annunciation and Nativity | Ornamental Leaded Icon (《天使報喜畫》| 含鉛裝飾聖像花窗) 
Pilgrimage (《朝聖》) Crosslinks(相關博文): St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC(紐約城·高貴聖徒大教堂) USA·New York(美國·紐約州)
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