Incontrovertible proof: I was not scheduled to be a lector today.

What the lesson said:
I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads."

What my eye clearly saw, and what my mouth probably would have insisted on reading aloud:
I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, " ( Read more... )

Hello! I hope your holidays have all been amazing. Mine were lovely! I had an absolutely beyond perfect birthday on the 22nd and a very good Christmas as well, which included 6 church services in 24 hours (with bonus last-minute thurifer and torchbearer duties on Christmas Eve!) I remain extremely terrible at all things acolyte-y, with the ( Read more... )

Church this morning: very cool but very busy, what with singing in the choir (and playing tambourine on one song!), doing the Old Testament reading, and giving a short off-the-cuff speech about what I love about our parish (I was so nervous I basically went into a fugue state and have no idea what I actually said ( Read more... )

Oh, happy day! I have found a place that sells 2-liter bottles of diet cream soda! On sale, even! I drank an entire bottle in a span of time so short I cannot even admit to it. My bladder was not happy. I was going to the bathroom so often, I would have thought I was coming down with diabetes if I didn't already have it ( Read more... )

Celebrity Sighting: I can't believe I forgot to mention that a few weeks ago, Garrison Keillor attended Sunday morning service (which I guess is not technically "Mass," not that I will ever stop calling it that) at our church! The buzz didn't get around to me until afterwards, which is good, because I would have shit myself with nerves. Very holy ( Read more... )

The weekend was lovely but way too short. Most of it was spent unpacking boxes in the apartment and moving boxes from our rented storage unit to the free storage space in the basement of our building. We have a little bit of moving left to do and a moderate amount of unpacking. Also, furniture rearranging. I should have known better than to ( Read more... )