20°F NNW10mph SR0733 SS1628 snow coming
Morning Offering given
Memory Verse Isaiah 53:2-5
He grew up like a sapling before him,
like a shoot from the parched earth;
He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye,
no beauty to draw us to him.
3 He was spurned and avoided by men,
a man of suffering, knowing pain,
Like one from whom you turn your face,
spurned, and we held him in no esteem.
4 Yet it was our pain that he bore,
our sufferings he endured.
We thought of him as stricken,
struck down by God and afflicted,
5 But he was pierced for our sins,
crushed for our iniquity.
He bore the punishment that makes us whole,
by his wounds, we were healed.
Village wearing a fresh coat of snow- bout 6 inches. The street crew did fabulous snow removal job… as per usual.
Coffee good
I’ve been TV series binging on the CW “61st Street” caught my eye. The series is raw, bold, shocking, enlightening, informative, and although totally made up, it is true. This is what happens and is what no one wants to talk about and does create issues because of it. The main character is an attorney, dying of cancer, who has the ability to reach deep into everyone’s mind and bring them to a consensus. However tragic or uplifting that may be. It allows everyone (regardless of race or creed) to see the other side. My hope ?- enough funding is found to make season 3. Actually, my hope is everyone sits down and watches the entire series (16 episodes), talks about it with family/others, making whatever changes are necessary in their lives/attitudes/demeanors to move forward differently. Make no mistake, it will change you.
Today is Advent Embertide Friday which is devoted to penance. We are reading chapter 20 in the book of Luke, praying the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary, praying St Andrew’s Christmas Novena, and contemplating Bacci’s Christmas Novena day 5 “The Swaddling Clothes of the Divine Infant“. Bacci likens the swaddling clothes to the ropes Jesus was bound in the garden with, the ropes Jesus is tied to the pillar with, the ropes he was led to Golgatha with, and the ropes that bound him to the cross. Each of which, Jesus submitted willingly to save us–you–me.
Know you are prayed for.
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