Monday, September 22, 2003
“Ramble on, sing my song…”
Home
Well, life has been happy at the Plew home. Basil is growing and developing beyond what I ever imagined. He was born a little over two weeks ago and is up to 11lbs 3ozs today. He is grabbing, pushing, and pulling (especially when dad overwhelms him with kisses). His awareness and sense of his environment is fantastic. So, needless to say we are feeling quite blessed.
Church
We just finished a season of great emphasis on the power and meaning of the cross. Let me just say, Wow! To top off stirring liturgical movements our priests came out with both guns blazing in their homilies to reemphasize the message. Quotable:
“We must take the cross out of history and make it a reality in our lives. In fact, what the cross needs to become is the sole, defining reality of our lives. Why would we bear any other burden, or walk any other path, or allow any other power to lay claim to our lives than the cross of our Savior, Jesus Christ?”
“During today’s Feast, let us declare anew our love for the cross, and elevate it in our own lives.”
-Fr. Michael Reagan
Sunday night reading
Still plodding our way through St. John’s Ladder of Divine Ascent. Gasps, eews, aahs, “Dang!”s and crystal clear silence is the norm at this reading. We are all overwhelmed with St. John’s poignancy and all out clear-cut applicability. We are begging to know just what is irrelevant about this 6th Century desert monk. Here is a Quotable On Chastity:
“One man keeps his tormentor under control by struggling hard, another by being humble, another by divine revelation. The first man is like the star of morning, the second like the moon when it is full, the third like the blazing sun. And all three have their home in heaven. Light comes from the dawn and amid light the sun rises, so let all that has been said be the light in which to meditate and learn.”
“A fox pretends to be asleep; the body and the demons pretend to be chaste. The former is on the watch to seize a bird, the latter to catch a soul. So as long as you live, never trust that clay of which you are made and never depend on it until the time you stand before Christ Himself. And never imagine that abstinence will keep you from falling. It was a being who never ate that was nevertheless thrown out of heaven.”
-St. John Climacus
Social
Yesterday was the birthday BBQ for Chance at In Communion. Carne Asada and nice tall Fosters good times!
Home
Well, life has been happy at the Plew home. Basil is growing and developing beyond what I ever imagined. He was born a little over two weeks ago and is up to 11lbs 3ozs today. He is grabbing, pushing, and pulling (especially when dad overwhelms him with kisses). His awareness and sense of his environment is fantastic. So, needless to say we are feeling quite blessed.
Church
We just finished a season of great emphasis on the power and meaning of the cross. Let me just say, Wow! To top off stirring liturgical movements our priests came out with both guns blazing in their homilies to reemphasize the message. Quotable:
“We must take the cross out of history and make it a reality in our lives. In fact, what the cross needs to become is the sole, defining reality of our lives. Why would we bear any other burden, or walk any other path, or allow any other power to lay claim to our lives than the cross of our Savior, Jesus Christ?”
“During today’s Feast, let us declare anew our love for the cross, and elevate it in our own lives.”
-Fr. Michael Reagan
Sunday night reading
Still plodding our way through St. John’s Ladder of Divine Ascent. Gasps, eews, aahs, “Dang!”s and crystal clear silence is the norm at this reading. We are all overwhelmed with St. John’s poignancy and all out clear-cut applicability. We are begging to know just what is irrelevant about this 6th Century desert monk. Here is a Quotable On Chastity:
“One man keeps his tormentor under control by struggling hard, another by being humble, another by divine revelation. The first man is like the star of morning, the second like the moon when it is full, the third like the blazing sun. And all three have their home in heaven. Light comes from the dawn and amid light the sun rises, so let all that has been said be the light in which to meditate and learn.”
“A fox pretends to be asleep; the body and the demons pretend to be chaste. The former is on the watch to seize a bird, the latter to catch a soul. So as long as you live, never trust that clay of which you are made and never depend on it until the time you stand before Christ Himself. And never imagine that abstinence will keep you from falling. It was a being who never ate that was nevertheless thrown out of heaven.”
-St. John Climacus
Social
Yesterday was the birthday BBQ for Chance at In Communion. Carne Asada and nice tall Fosters good times!
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