Hi, all!
Last week I pruned the forsythia bush in our front yard. Katy took some of the cuttings and put them in a vase on the table. The warmth of the house made the twigs think it was spring, and they burst out in glorious yellow flowers.
It makes me think of what promises are in store for us, even when we think we're in a dead, cold winter season of our life. God promises good things for us, even when we can't yet see them or imagine them. I guess that's what the resurrection of Jesus is all about.
Next week Peter Stockwell and his crew will serve up stacks of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Don't forget to come back the next day for ashes and sackcloth on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent! I'm pondering what my Lenten discipline will be this year. Are you?
A note of transition for our parish: our parish secretary of fifteen years, Elisabeth Demmon, has been offered increased responsibilities at her library job and has therefore tendered her resignation as secretary at St. Antony's as of March 31. Elisabeth has requested that we not make a big deal about this. But we all know how much she has meant to us and how important she has been in the life of our parish. Thank you, Elisabeth.
O God, you have given us all we need to be your people, and you have raised up servants in every age to carry on the life of your Church. We give you thanks for all those who have carried the banner of Christ and served you faithfully from day to day and age to age, in good times and bad, through difficulties and in joyful seasons, in darkness and in light, and all for the love of your Christ. Amen.
Peace,
Bill
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