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Sunday, February 19, 2012

The Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux

http://www.romancatholicism.org

	St. Thérèse and her Little Way Rev. John F. Russell, O.Carm. Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. 07079 What is the meaning of “the little way” of St Therese? It is an image that tries to capture her understanding of being a disciple of Jesus Christ, of seeking holiness of life in the ordinary and the everyday. St Therese based “her little way” on two fundamental convictions: (1) God shows love by mercy and forgiveness, and (2) she could not be “perfect” in following the Lord. St Therese believed that the people of her time lived in too great a fear of God's judgment. The fear was stifling and did not allow people to experience the freedom of the children of God. St Therese knew from her life that God is merciful love; many scripture passages in the Old and New Testaments bore out that truth. She loved the maternal images for God in the Old Testament and the love of God for us in Jesus Christ. In fact, St Therese once wrote that she could not understand how anyone could be afraid of a God who became a child. She also knew that she would never be perfect. Therefore, she went to God as a child approaches a parent . . . with open arms and a profound trust. St Therese translated “the little way” in terms of a commitment to the tasks and to the people we meet in our everyday lives. She took her assignments in the convent of Lisieux as ways of manifesting her love for God and for others. She worked as a sacristan by taking care of the altar and the chapel; she served in the refectory and in the laundry room; she wrote plays for the entertainment of the community. Above all, she tried to show a love for all the nuns in the community. She played no favourites; she gave of herself even to the difficult members. Her life sounds so routine and ordinary, but it was steeped in a loving commitment that knew no breakdown. It is called a “little way” precisely by being simple, direct, yet calling for amazing fortitude and commitment. In living out her life of faith she sensed that everything that she was able to accomplish came from the generous love of God in her life. She was convinced that at the end of her life she would go to God with empty hands. Why? Because all was accomplished in union with God. Catholics and other Christians have been attracted to St Therese's style. Her “little way” seems to put holiness of life within the reach of ordinary people. Live out your days with confidence in God's love for you. Recognize that each day is a gift in which your life can make a difference by the way you choose to live it. Put hope in a future in which God will be all and love will consume your spirit. Choose life, not the darkness of pettiness and greed. St Therese knew the difference love makes by allowing love to be the statement she made each day of her life.

The Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux

http://www.romancatholicism.org

St. Thérèse and
her Little Way

Rev. John F. Russell, O.Carm.

Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. 07079

What is the meaning of “the little way” of St
Therese? It is an image that tries to capture her understanding of being a
disciple of Jesus Christ, of seeking holiness of life in the ordinary and the
everyday. St Therese based “her little way” on two fundamental convictions:
(1) God shows love by mercy and forgiveness, and (2) she could not be
“perfect” in following the Lord. St Therese believed that the people of her
time lived in too great a fear of God's judgment. The fear was stifling and
did not allow people to experience the freedom of the children of God. St
Therese knew from her life that God is merciful love; many scripture passages
in the Old and New Testaments bore out that truth. She loved the maternal
images for God in the Old Testament and the love of God for us in Jesus
Christ. In fact, St Therese once wrote that she could not understand how
anyone could be afraid of a God who became a child. She also knew that she
would never be perfect. Therefore, she went to God as a child approaches a
parent . . . with open arms and a profound trust.

St Therese translated “the little way” in terms of a
commitment to the tasks and to the people we meet in our everyday lives. She
took her assignments in the convent of Lisieux as ways of manifesting her
love for God and for others. She worked as a sacristan by taking care of the
altar and the chapel; she served in the refectory and in the laundry room;
she wrote plays for the entertainment of the community. Above all, she tried
to show a love for all the nuns in the community. She played no favourites;
she gave of herself even to the difficult members. Her life sounds so routine
and ordinary, but it was steeped in a loving commitment that knew no
breakdown. It is called a “little way” precisely by being simple, direct, yet
calling for amazing fortitude and commitment.

In living out her life of faith she sensed that
everything that she was able to accomplish came from the generous love of God
in her life. She was convinced that at the end of her life she would go to
God with empty hands. Why? Because all was accomplished in union with God.

Catholics and other Christians have been
attracted to St Therese's style. Her “little way” seems to put holiness of
life within the reach of ordinary people. Live out your days with confidence
in God's love for you. Recognize that each day is a gift in which your life
can make a difference by the way you choose to live it. Put hope in a future
in which God will be all and love will consume your spirit. Choose life, not
the darkness of pettiness and greed. St Therese knew the difference love
makes by allowing love to be the statement she made each day of her life.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

GIFtychs — Making gifs

GIFtychs

Moving Photography
Best viewed while listening to music.

Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9:51 am

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Making gifs

Take multiple photos (2-5)
Try shooting any motion that you think is interesting. Taking 3D photos requires you to move slightly to the left/right while keeping your viewfinder focused on a single point. Doing this well will make aligning the photos much easier. (visual aid)

Load photos into layers in PS
Load each photo onto it’s own layer in photoshop, make sure to keep them in chronological order. This will help when using the “make frames from layers” command. You can find a script that will load images automatically for you at http://www.russellbrown.com/scripts.html

Align layers
There are two ways to align layers in photoshop, manually or automatically.
First we’ll start with the auto-align function, select all your layers (shift+command+a) and click on the edit menu, then go down to the auto-align function. It will bring up an option menu, leave it set to auto unless you feel like experimenting. Afterwards it will leave you with a bunch of overlap that you will need to crop out.

To align the layers manually use the difference blending mode which works by making differences show up as bright colors. Your layer should go mostly black when your subjects are aligned. (Visual Aid)

Open animation window
Go to the window menu, then select animation.

Click on the animation flyout menu
Click on the tiny menu in the upper right hand corner of the animation window. Select “Make Frames from Layers.” This will make one frame for each layer.

Set frame delay
Set delay to 0.1 (anything longer will make the gif look choppy)

save for web
Go to the file menu and select “Save for Web” This will give you the ability to export an animated gif. This is also where you will be making compression choices.

Compression selection
Tumblr is not gif friendly, you need to make sure that your file size is under 500 kilobytes; I’ve also found that keeping your animation to under 5-6 frames, or under 500pixels wide will help assure your gif will be animated when viewed on the dashboard.

You can get your filesize down is by increasing the lossyness, lowering number of colors used, amount of dithering, and resolution size. Sometimes turning on transparency will increase your filesize sometimes it will reduce it drastically.

If you have any questions that I didn’t clearly explain here, feel free to ask me questions.

The harris/anaglyph stuff is coming soon, whenever I get a chance/motivation to write.