[Magdalen] Merry Christmas

[cady soukup]

Blessings to all on this second day of the Christmas season,

We had a very low-key Christmas with first son & family (Sunday
afternoon), 3rd son home from Washington state, second son & family
(yesterday), daughter home from Harrisonburg, VA (Shenandoah Valley)
where she now resides. Limited "decorations" (Advent calendar is all),
self-grazing sandwich/buffet meal, no alcohol, everything suitable for
the 3-year-old granddaughter who is of an age to be transfixed by the
doll house her grandpa made for her aunt (#3 son helped her to her
heart's content to play with the dolls and furniture for nearly 90
minutes!). Everyone commented what a "relief from the storm" it was
just to relax. No buttons pushed, lots of simple conversation, no time
on social media or electronics. A true break in our daily patterns.

Yesterday's service - simple eucharist, no music - another small,
welcome gap. It was surprisingly well attended, with several new
faces, even a young couple (ho both came to the table for blessing yet
neither took communion).

Quiet joy brings its own quiet blessings. I am grateful for the space
to welcome and recognize it.

hugs - Cady

On 12/25/18, Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com> wrote:
> We had services one each evening this week. The last one in Killarney where
> wr live. Had Christmas over Fb with our Granddaughter Gaby & Sons Josh n
> Sam. Having a Christmas dinner with one of the Seniors complexes in town.
> Blessings this Christmastide
> On Dec 25, 2018 6:42 AM, "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Every blessing at this holy Christmastide.  Just this morning’s service
>> to
>> go and then I can have a nap or something before going to some St. Mark’s
>> people for a grownup dinner later on.  Last night after our 5p.m. mass I
>> drove into Scarborough to my daughter Fiona where we were 11.  I had made
>> a
>> Christmas pudd’ according to Mary Berry on The Great British Baking Show
>> and it was spectacularly good, I must say.
>>
>> Have a wonderful day and week.  I must go now and bone up on the Kyrie
>> from Willan’s Missa Brevis.  Thanks to illness and things, I will be the
>> only alto.  Baby Jesus will understand ….
>>
>> Love to you all,
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>>
>>
>