Restore thou those who are penitent*
by chuckofish
It was a busy weekend filled with chores–going to Target and other shopping, doing laundry, cleaning up the kitchen, vacuuming–the usual weekend to do list. I don’t mind. I got some of my bunnies out since it is that time of year.
And I did a little spring cleaning in the Florida room, but I may have jumped the gun on that.
I went to church on Sunday and I was the first lector. My passage was from Numbers, the classic scene where the Israelites are grumbling–“Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?”–and the Lord punishes them by sending poisonous snakes. They repent and He takes the snakes away. This leads nicely into the gospel lesson, “Jesus said, ‘Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world…”.
It was raining when I left the church and soon it was snowing, really coming down like soap flakes in a movie. It was pretty to watch.
iPhone cameras can never capture snow falling! It was coming down in giant chunks!
I also started to pack for my trip this coming Friday to visit sweet daughter #2 back east. We have a little road trip planned to Virginia where we will stop in for a few days to see my oldest/dearest friend who lives in Norfolk. Can’t wait to get out of Dodge!
Meanwhile the boy’s BFF (and the wee laddie’s godfather) was ordained to the diaconate at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC.
We are all very proud of him.
Ah, sunrise, sunset…swiftly flow the years!
Speaking of which, the wee babes are now 15-months old! They came over for dinner on Sunday night. They had fun playing with vintage toys.
After they went home I watched The Robe (1953)–the first of my Lenten movies!
Were you…out there?
I enjoyed it immensely.
*BCP, General Confession, A Penitential Order, Rite I
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