Pair of Hearts

When i was growing up, there were in a number of houses rooms decorated with religious pictures. Sometimes it was in the dining room, or the bedroom, or the front room. Some pictures were themed, or paired, and some were solitary. One pair that was common was the Sacred Heart of Jesus*, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. There is a mausoleum in Lorain, in which, the pair is there in stained glass in that solitary room.





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* In Cleveland there were neighboring Polish parishes, by those names. Lennon, the destroying bishop, closed that Sacred Heart, and another in Elyria, and another in Akron.

John Paul II

Did not expect to see the last pope in the graveyard either.

Saint John Nepomucene

Saint John Nepomuk was a Bohemian priest thrown into the river to drown, the river Vltava in Prague, 20 March 1393 on the orders of the emperor and king, Wenceslaus. He is the saint of the seal of confession. That is why he is holding a finger to his lips. That is not his only iconic posture, but it is readily identifiable. Did not expect to see him in a cemetery. There are Czechs in Lorain, Ohio.

touching stones

Of course, there is an emotion of sadness when in a graveyard. One understands the place. A simple marker is often enough to explain. There is a section of small grave stones in Lorain's Calvary. Small children and babies were buried there in the 1930s, and '40s. There are three small angel monuments. Several markers have enameled oval photographs. It is very poignant.

This small stone is for twin babies. One boy was named after the president, Franklin Roosevelt.