Before the vigil, Paul and his candidate, Jeff Winkler.
Easter Vigil 2015
I have been looking forward to this Easter Vigil for the last year, because I knew two very special people who were coming through RCIA and into the church this…
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Sanders: The Reproaches
Sung at the Cathedral this afternoon for the Good Friday liturgy. Here is the The Chapel Choir of University College, Hurham, withJohn Sanders' setting of The Reproaches.
Good Friday
Chanticleer Reproaches and Trisagion Mysteria: Gregorian Chants My people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me! I led you out of Egypt, from slavery…
Of Palm Sunday and Anniversaries
I hope all my readers had as joyously reverent a Palm Sunday as we experienced today. Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, as it is called, is always a Pontifical…
What Have I Got In My Pocketses? (Vol.2015.4)
Over the course of the last week, most of the family (everyone except Jacob, I think) got a chance to see the extravagantly sumptuous new Kenneth Branagh movie, Cinderella, and by…
Puppy!!
Our family gained a new canine member recently: a six-week-old Mastiff-Lab mix. He is endlessly mischievous, and much loved already by everyone, including his step-mother, Gwinnie. After much discussion about…
Wherein We Go To The Ranch…
...and Nettie Embarks on a Mission to Take the Vastiest Number of Photos in the History of Ranch Trips. Ever. That's the nutshell version. If you really only want to see the pics,…
A silhouette version.
The End of Chapter One
It is important to note passages in the life of our family. Last week we faced a bitter-sweet passage, the ending to our first chapter as a foster family, when we…
Protected: The End of Chapter One – With Photos
It is important to note passages in the life of our family. Last week we faced a bitter-sweet passage, the ending to our first chapter as a foster family, when we…