The season of Lent is traditionally a season of quiet reflection. From Ash Wednesday all the way through Easter Sunday, we are in a period of waiting for the inevitable paradox that is Holy Week. we know that OUR LORD is on His way to His death & there is nothing that His diciples back [...]
Today is the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as Twelfth Night. On this day, we liturgical Christians celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men from the East. These astrologers were commissioned to seek out the Christ Child & then report to King Herod. But, warned in a dream, they saw th Christ child, [...]
I am proud to be Irish-American. Dad’s people came to western Pennsylvania in the early 1800′s. I’ve grown up among my Irish American kin & identify strongly as an Irish-American. But there is also some English on Dad’s Mom’s side of the family, relatives about whom my brother & I did not know about until [...]
This week is Advent 3, 2011 in the Church Year. During yesterday morning’s homily my priest talked about how the third Sunday in Advent has been known as ” Rose Sunday. Contrary to popular belief, this nickname has nothing to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary–rather it marks the ” halfway” part of Advent. This [...]
It was a full morning in the day of Small Parish. We had ONE Mass at 9 in the morning Central Standard Time, followed by our Annual Parish Meeting. At this meeting we elect vestry members { who serve a three-year term} plus three lay delegates to the annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of [...]
It is Advent One…and the beginning of our liturgical year in my Anglican tradition. My rector greeted us with ” Happy New Year” this morning. The picture above was on the front cover of today’s bulletin at Small Parish. Every week during Advent, there is a different work of art printed on the bulletin cover. [...]
It is day 2 in Atlanta. Today I’ll spend the day with my sister-in-law. My brother has to work & the parents are going out to Roswell, Georgia to visit our great-uncle & then see a high school classmate of Mom’s whom I never met. SIL & I will probably take Chloe{ their little dog} [...]
Since this is November and everyone has holiday shopping on their minds I will write my ” Thankful List” tonight. {Btw, it is not even Christ The King Sunday for another two weeks—at least. Any liturgically-correct person won’t say ” Merry Christmas” until Dec 26} MY GRATEFUL LIST 2011 ~ My family…all of them. ~ Two pets: [...]
Until I moved to the Deep South, I never thought much about Halloween as an anti-Christian celebration. I’ve lived deep in the {Protestant} Bibe-Belt for almost 13 years every Halloween I am reminded of the stark anti-Halloween sentiment that is rampant throughout all the schools & many of the churches in this part of the [...]
AAAAAAGH…I’m told I have no patience & WordPress is* really* trying what little patience I ca claim with its goofy photo feature. As promised, here are some scenes from our Easter Sunday celebration. During the 8 oclock Mass, Best Dude & I hid candy-filled plastic Easter eggs for the children to find during the Coffee [...]
