2024-02-18 Thumb Appreciation Day 
【Le Monocle de Mon Oncle-VIII (1918)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) Like a dull scholar, I behold, in love, An ancient aspect touching a new mind. It comes, it blooms, it bears its fruit and dies. This trivial trope reveals a way of truth. Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof. Two golden gourds distended on our vines, Into the autumn weather, splashed with frost, Distorted by hale fatness, turned grotesque. We hang like warty squashes, streaked and rayed, The laughing sky will see the two of us Washed into rinds by rotting winter rains. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《我叔叔的單片眼鏡·之八》(1918)】 異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 我在愛情上就像愚鈍的學究， 老面孔植被新思想。 發芽、開花、結果，然後死亡。 這淺顯的比喻揭示了真理所在。 花開又花落。我們就成為果實。 兩個金葫蘆在藤蔓上鼓脹凸出， 秋日時節，滿處霜花， 體態肥碩變形，稀奇古怪。 我們像長滿贅疣的倭瓜一樣懸掛，光影斑駁， 含笑的天空會看到我倆 被腐臭的冬雨沖刷成軀殼。 【注】星期天禮拜時刻，我穿過第五大道聖帕特里克“高貴”大教堂(St. Patrick's Cathedral)趕往斜對面的聖托馬斯“雙”教堂，專來聆聽管風琴師傑里米·菲爾塞爾“神高舉·心智”(Jeremy Filsell)的演奏，他是英國人，目前擔任該教堂的音樂總監。此外，聖托馬斯教堂還有自己專業的男子與男童唱詩班為禮拜獻唱，而且所有學生均來自本教堂——美國唯一一所教會附屬寄宿學校唱詩班，而目前世界上僅存三所此類學校，其它兩所分別為英國的聖托馬斯和威斯敏斯特“西部修道院教堂”唱詩學校(Westminster Abbey Choir School)。 1980年，第五大道聖托馬斯教堂被納入《美國國家史跡名錄》。 Today in History(歷史上的今天): 2024: Church of Our Saviour, NYC(紐約城·救世主羅馬天主教堂) 2024: St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, NYC(紐約城·農場街光輝聖徒教堂) 2024: Street Swimmers on Park Ave, NYC(紐約城·公園大道街頭游泳者) 2024: World's Largest Grand Ctr Terminal, NYC(紐約世上最大的火車站) 2024: Shop for Mod Parka Post-Snow, NYC(紐約城·雪後選購棉猴大衣) 2024: Hutong in Awesome Setting, NYC(紐約城·非比尋常的“胡同”食府) 2024: 1-Michelin-Starred Estela, NYC(紐約城米其林一星·星辰現代餐廳) 2018 Teachers' Appreciation Dinner(2018年光華教師答謝晚宴) 2017 MathCounts Regional Competition(2017年初中數學分區賽) 2015: Chinese New Year Eve @ Lai Lai Garden(來來花園春節年夜飯)
East Façade in Gothic Revival (1914) w/ Plain Ashlar Limestone Exterior Surfaces in Asymmetrical Main Elevation (建於1914年哥特復興式東側·不對稱主面外牆採用純琢石石灰岩) 
Reredos & Vaults (祭壇背飾與拱頂)  Nave Slightly off Center w/ a Wide Chantry to the South & a Narrow Aisle to the North
(稍微偏離中心的中殿·南面有寬闊的教堂而北面有狹窄的過道 02-18-2024)  Five Bays Separated by Buttresses
(扶壁隔五開間 02-18-2024)  Colonnade (拱廊)
 Candle Burning (點燃蠟燭)
South Chancel Organ (南聖壇管風琴)
Votive Candle Rack (許願燭架) 
Sacristy (聖器室)
 Ornamental/Leaded Icons (聖像花窗)
 Loening-Hancock Gallery Organ (“君主—氣盛”牌管廊風琴)
Aeolian-Skinner Organ (“快速—鞣製皮革”牌管風琴) 
On the north wall is one of the four consecrated parts of the WWII Memorial; the Eucharist is celebrated here twice a year, on Memorial Day and Veterans' Day. Above is a prayer for peace, flanked by the Archangels Michael w/ sword and Gabriel w/ trumpet. On the altar rests a book with illuminations on parchment listing the names of parishioners who served in the war; those who gave their lives are shown in red. Still higher are the small enameled discs representing the branches of the armed services, leading up to carved busts of the chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. (北牆上聖托馬斯教堂的四個祭壇之一·二戰紀念館的一部分；每年在這裡慶祝兩次聖體聖事，分別是在陣亡將士紀念日和退伍軍人節。上面是祈求和平的祈禱，兩側是拿着劍的天使長和拿着喇叭的神人。祭壇上放着一本書，羊皮紙上有插圖，上面列出了在戰爭中服役的教區居民的名字；那些獻出生命的人以紅色顯示；更高處是代表武裝部隊部門的小琺瑯圓盤，臨近陸軍、海軍、空軍和海軍陸戰隊參謀長半身雕像。)  Altar Frontal (祭壇前掛飾 02-18-2024)
 Bicentennial Exhibition w/ the Arts in the Service of Faith (1823-2023)
(1823-2023服務於信仰的藝術品兩百年回顧展)  Priest House (牧師之家)
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