I mean, first of all, what a great FEAST day: the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord; the Feast of "ecce ancilla domini" and of "et Incarnatus est" ("behold the handmaid of the Lord" and "was made flesh" for those who don't have ready access to the Angelus in Latin). The prayers in the Liturgy for today are fabulous, and the reading from Hebrews 10 is up there with my favorite Scriptures.
But the day started out a little weird. First, it was my own alarm clock, going off an hour earlier than I expected (or needed). But that was providential because... our burglar alarm went off (Sr. Helen "sleeps in" until 6 on Saturday and hadn't turned it off before Sr. Susan needed to leave for an exhibit). I figured God was inviting me (I'm the one who ran out to reset the thing) to get up early and get some extra morning prayer in. But first comes... COFFEE! So I reached into the cupboard and pulled out a mug full of... water... which splashed all over me and soaked through a few parts of my sleeve. I still don't know what a mug of cold water was doing in the cupboard. Maybe I won't ask.
Anyway, I dried off, I made it to prayers and Mass, and even got some work done (!). So now I am going to take a walk in the sunshine (!) and get some groceries for the community.
What a day!
2 comments:
Believe it or not, I have heard of a cup of cold water in the cupboard before but don't recall the significance or reason.
Sounds like you had an um... interesting morning!!!
:-)
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