17

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

♡♡♡ e n t r y 17 ♡♡♡

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

nothing has filled my heart with so much unspeakable joy than being greeted by such a lovely & angelic visitor in the shape of a silky swallow. a family of swallows have been whizzing by our apartment for years now, sometimes they make nests, & other times they greet me when i hang the laundry. i love hearing them chirp & sing their song every morning—it's one of my favorite things to wake up to. recently, during the start of the Lenten season, a swallow perched on a tube above our balcony window & stayed a night or two there. she left in the middle of Holy Week; absent in the night of Holy Thursday & Good Friday. i was a bit saddened that she left; it made me so happy to know that such a beautiful creature has chosen our balcony from multiple others (some completely unoccupied) to lodge. tonight being Holy Saturday; i was overjoyed to see a swallow perched right above our front door within the apartment complex when we were about to head downstairs to grab a package (something that i put off once it became night). how this bird got there is a complete mystery to me, but i figured someone from the floors below must have left the entrance of the complex open & the poor thing flew in. she was trapped within our floor & perched right above our door; not on our neighbor's door (unoccupied), not on any other floor either (there are many). why our door? me, being overly sentimental & always loving to extract some symbolic meaning behind all the mysterious things that happen to me—i saw it as a beautiful omen to something good. it brought me a sense of protection & love that i could not really explain in words. just a sweet feeling; it was touching to see such an elegant bird seek refuge here.

i've been really reflecting on The Passion, reading the entirety of The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by anne catherine emmerich. i have been so affected & touched by the sacrifice of my Lord that it has led me to deep & profound sadness to read in great detail the torturous suffering, adversity & tribulation experienced all in the name of unmeasurable Love. the anniversary of this Holy Death is something that has occupied my mind & heart. Easter is tomorrow, the true start to spring, the beginning of life through the beautiful blood of the Sacrificial Lamb & the Gift of Tears & Hope that our beloved celestial & universal Mother gives us. The Mystical Rose who gives much consolation to us during times of great strife, when we truly & genuinely ask Her with a contrite heart. i read somewhere that there is a spiritual significance to swallows and their relation to the Virgin Mary. this is something that i choose to believe & it gives me so much pleasure. 

           (\∞(\‌ ‌

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀（‌ᴗˬᴗ*)‌ ‌

　‌ ‌☆*‌ﾟ‌*‌｡‌　‌｡‌*‌ﾟ‌UU‌ ‌)‌ ‌

‌　‌*‌｡‌　‌ ‌　‌☆‌　‌ ‌　‌*U‌ ‌U‌ ‌

　‌ ‌ﾟ‌*‌｡‌ ‌take‌ ‌care‌ ‌｡‌*‌ ‌

　‌　‌ﾟ‌*‌｡‌ ‌｡‌*‌ﾟ‌ ‌

　　‌ﾟ‌*‌｡‌｡‌*‌ﾟ‌ 

below are some photos i took of various beautiful churches around mexico in august 2024; they serve as a memento for me to reflect on as i reach towards the end of the Lenten season

currently listening to: O Lux Beatissima - "Agnus Dei"