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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Apr 13, 2017 12:25:53 GMT -5
Have good ones friends.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 13, 2017 12:32:33 GMT -5
A routine notice from our parish that I find moving. Today is Maundy Thursday, so-named because of the Latin word for commandment (mandatum). "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another." Perhaps more than any other, our worship tonight draws us into God's love. We commemorate the footwashing and the final meal of Jesus with his friends (according to Matthew, Mark and Luke - the Jewish Passover meal). Here among his inner circle, one of whom was to betray him, he made his final farewells and went out into the night to wrestle in prayer and to face death. Our worship begins at 7.30 pm in the Parish Hall and concludes in church with the Eucharist and the stripping of all ornamentation from church. A piece of consecrated bread remains on the altar as a focus for the Watch. Like the disciples in the garden, we watch and wait with Jesus but then flee, leaving Jesus alone in the darkness. Most of you will make it home by 9 pm, but church remains open until midnight for silent prayer and reflection. Then how come it's not Mandy Thursday? How did that "u" sneak in there, and why? |
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Post by Hobson on Apr 13, 2017 12:43:31 GMT -5
I may have picked a bad day to finish prepping the garden for planting. There has been a parade of concrete trucks and other activity on the lot behind us. I suppose they're really going to build that house. I'm buying plants and sticking them in the ground tomorrow. Meanwhile, making salsa fresca for our grilled swordfish dinner.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 13, 2017 21:05:53 GMT -5
It was Barry Manilow that screwed up the spelling not the Prayer Book.
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