When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: Judea made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back? (Psalm 113)
(July 1969, Venice, Italy — A procession over the Giudecca Canal during the Feast of the Redeemer. Participants cross a temporary bridge made from lined-up boats to attend Mass at the Redentore church. The festival commemorates Venice’s deliverance from the plague of 1576 when nearly 1/3 of the city’s population was wiped out)
Beautiful pictures! I especially like the tall candlesticks.