Sunset in Washington

Ramadan

Oh, I was reminded that Ramadan has just started....I don't think I have any Muslim friends or readers, but if I do, best wishes for your month of fasting...and don't forget to invite me to those all night parties you have! :-)

L'shanah Tova

Happy Rosh Hashanah!

We ate our apple slices dipped in honey after sundown last night. A sweet new year to all my Jewish friends and readers!

Church in Oklahoma

Over Labor Day weekend, I flew back to Oklahoma early Saturday morning to check on things with my parents, as my father was in the hospital for the second time in two weeks. My mother and I made an appearance at the early service at St. Luke's Sunday morning. The priest is on vacation, so they had a deacon's Mass with their perpetual deacon officiating. They've got a new curate who was just this summer ordained to the transitional diaconate. She gave the sermon.....I say "gave" rather than "preached" because she wrote a nice essay and just read it. Otherwise, she seems nice, and she's, surprisingly, older than me. The early service is a low Mass with no music, so it's kind of boring, but it's the only service at the parish these days that's consistently a proper Rite 1 service.