Firstly, happy father's day to all you men out there that are fathers and father figures to include coaches, uncles, brothers, male teachers, and so forth. A special father's day holla to all priests, deacons, men of cloth. Most importantly, Happy Father's Day to God the Father, the one who loves all of us infinitely & perfectly.
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Today is Trinity Sunday a.k.a. The Solemnity of The Most Holy Trinity
This day falls every year the week after Pentecost. Unlike the other feast days that celebrates an event or person, this one celebrates a reality and doctrine (dogma). To learn more, click here.___
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Through the ministry of ACTS, My Husband and I have been blessed to meet people from all walks of life, all faiths and non-faiths. Since ACTS is a Catholic organization in origin (started with the Crucillo Movement), the community is largely comprised of Catholics. The retreats that St. Joseph's has hosted have brought Catholics from various parishes (not unlike the retreats hosted by other parishes in the area). One couple in particular, we've befriended, and they attend All Saints. On Saturday evening, I sent a text message asking which Mass they attend because my family had planned to go and would love to coordinate going at the same time. We managed to get lined up and had a great time!
Again, like last week at St. Paul's, this week the congregation was invited to turn to each other and bid one another hello. Gosh I sure do like that gesture!
Again, like last week at St. Paul's, this week the congregation was invited to turn to each other and bid one another hello. Gosh I sure do like that gesture!
One of the newly ordained Bishops is assigned to All Saints and celebrated Mass. His homily was lovely in spite of the sadness with which he opened.
The Bishop told us a story of receiving a call from his college-age nephew who had himself just learned of his best friend's suicide. Naturally, The Nephew asked his Uncle, "Will my friend be in Hell?" The Bishop took this opportunity to educate and/or remind the community at large about Church teaching on suicide.
I was especially struck by these words spoken by The Bishop: Love is rational. You cannot love unless you have someone to love. You cannot love unless you yourself are loved.
Over the course of the last several years, I've journeyed into the various ideas, notions, definitions, kinds of "love". There are so many definitions, aren't there? It's confusing to know what love is, how to love, when to love -- and vice versa. Too, it's difficult to know when to let someone love us in his or her way instead of the way we expect. As one grows in maturity and wisdom, we have to learn that love is a choice, and it's conscious (rational AND emotive).
Anyway -- The Bishop's homily hit home for me.
After Mass, My Family and our friends went to Jake's for a good ole fashioned burger. They have two sons, slightly younger than My Girls, but they all got along famously! They even sat at their own table, which they all thought was pretty cool.
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Father's Day for My Husband included home made gifts from The Girls at their Montessori school. My Little One made a "garden" snake out of a striped neck tie. The tie was filled with perite and sewn closed. Glow-in-the-dark eyes were also sewn on the end, and a pipe cleaner is the tongue. It's meant to go in the garden as a fertilizer, and it'll keep squirrels away (in theory). So, My Husband wrapped it around the Magnolia tree branch in the back yard.
My Eldest made a travel-size checker board using plywood, paint and a sponge. The checker pieces are made of plastic bottle caps. She sewed and decorated a burlap bag in which the checkers can be carried. The burlap bag closes drawstring (pull string?) style. Very cute.
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Other than that, a fairly laid-back day. Hope you relaxed today, too -- father or not!
~Whoosh!
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