Such a strange day this has been.
Here’s the highlights…
*I have been thinking a lot about my Grandfather and his death, and the memorial service we had for him at church; I kept hearing my priest’s voice singing “Memory Eternal”… my priest and deacon did the service together, it was beautifully sung…at times it was hard for me to sing with them, as I kept almost breaking into tears…
*I have loved the weather. –14 today with lots of sunshine. So refreshing.
*Some friends and I had a great conversation yesterday with our priest about gender issues. I love it that the Orthodox Church has clear parameters about this; I feel so safe in my church because of this. Because of this conversation, my heart has been light...
*I worked on a collection development project all day for work…basically meant researching various medical journals online and putting the information I needed into an excel table (mind you this table is 16 pages printed on legal size paper)
*I posted my first recipe to Sprucies in the Kitchen website today … I had it for dinner…and now I am procrastinating on a mound of dirty dishes (from making 2 meals yesterday for the week) and on typing up some minutes for a committee I am on for school…
I think the best highlight though is this book I am reading: Romanian Patericon: Saints of the Romanian Orthodox Church by Archimandrite Ioanichie Balan, published by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood at St. Paisius Abby … I am reading this on recommendation from my spiritual father…the book itself I am borrowing from a parishioner of my church, who is generous and trusting with his books!
I can't imagine that you didn't break down and cry at "Memory Eternal" for your grandfather! I cry when I hear that song and it's for someone I don't even know!!
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about your gender conversation. What did you and your priest talk about? Do you mind sharing?
yes; i will try to blog about this sometime; i feel that i do not remember all of the conversation well enough to write about it yet; feel free to remind me...
ReplyDeletei think i am still learning to be able to cry in public; also because i do not know where i will live in sept and am only in my church (that i absolutely adore) till the end of april, i have a bit of a hard time being fully free there, as it already (because i already feel so at home there and so close to many there) will break my heart to leave them (i have to leave to go back to london ON to finish my MLIS degree, which will be done DV this august.)