True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.
SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX
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16 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Church of the Heart of Jesus
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2016
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Castle Chapel of St George
The chapel is one of the oldest parts of Ljubljana Castle.
According to the emperor’s document from 1489 the chapel was consecrated to St. George, St. Pancras and the emperor Helena. The original chapel entrance was on the northern side, leading up thirteen steps, which are still in use today. Later the entrance to the chapel [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2016
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed. . . . And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
SAINT AUGUSTINE
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2016
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2 (NIV*)
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12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2016
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart.
John Bunyan
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 3rd 2016
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Franciscan Church of the Annunciation
The Franciscan Church of the Annunciation (Slovene: Frančiškanska cerkev Marijinega oznanjenja or commonly Frančiškanska cerkev) is a Franciscan church located on Prešeren Square in Ljubljana, the capital ofSlovenia. It is the parish church of Ljubljana – Annunciation Parish. Its red colour is symbolic of the Franciscan monastic order.[1] Since 2008, the church has been protected as a cultural monument of national significance [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2016
