[Magdalen] Merry Christmas

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Sounds wonderful!  We had our family here in two shifts due to work but had
a wonderful time both days. Now we rest!

Marilyn

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:29 AM cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
-- 
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda