I have just returned from exposing the Blessed Sacrament and am just sitting here in my office. I have Benediction at 5:15 and the 5:30pm Mass; so I thought I’d start a message. I didn’t do one yesterday, because I just “frittered away” the evening. The morning went by quickly as I had the 8:00am Mass and then did some work at my desk and left for Maggie’s around 9:30. I was there before 11am and waited for her as she was at the doctor’s. Marie came down and I took a nap, then Mike and Sue, Kerri and Tim joined us for supper at Mama Lucia’s. It was very good and then we went home and played cards. Also Maggie and I worked on her menu for Structure House. Couldn’t get mine to work so I might have Cherrios (with no milk) for the first day. We stayed up late and watched already pre-recorded America Has Talent shows. I had never seen them and I enjoyed it. I guess I shall have to watch it at its regular time as I don’t think we have Infinity!
Got up early around 7:30am and drove up to Blessed Sacrament. I had the 11am Mass. Joined the house for lunch and then went to take a nap. Marie came and had to pound on my door to wake me. I had left my cell phone and my finger machine at Maggie’s and she brought them up to me. I went back to sleep and got up for supper, then came back to my room. I went through some photo albums ( I am looking to see if I have any pictures of St. Martin’s school or church for their 110th anniversary). Then I went to bed – and I slept fine. I really do like sleeping in an airconditioned (68 degrees) room.
Fr. Jim has a wedding rehearsal at 6pm and so I’ll probably go over to the rectory and sit at supper time and then he and I are going out to supper to catch up.
Yesterday was Bob Norton’s birthday (he’s 65 – a kid) and so I prayed for his parents and him at Mass.
Today is my sister, Maureen’s birthday, so I will say the 5:30 for her, our parents, her husband and family. Lifting up people to the Lord just seems the best gift of all.
Tomorrow, Saturday, I have the 4pm Mass at Knollwood and that’s all but I must get stuff together for my vacation. Maggie and Marie are coming to the 10:30am Mass on Sunday and then we head out to North Carolina. Marie will be visiting her friend, Myrtle; and Maggie and I will be at Structure House, a residential treatment center for ” morbidly obsese” people!!! Doesn’ that sound like fun. We’ll be there for two weeks. We’ve been before but this is post-gradual work. I may write from them but not sure. I will write before I leave on Sunday.
Perhaps you could start a mini-structure house in DC/MD for your friends…