Thanks to everyone for their prayers for my grandmother. I'm happy to report that she is home and recovering nicely. We couldn't have asked for a better outcome from her surgery! It was obvious that you stormed the gates of heaven for her. Thank you.
I spent most of the day at the Abbey of Gethsemani. It's always good to be there, joining the monks for Mass and our group potluck afterward. It seems I go there and God often deals with me while I'm at the monastery. It's not always a pleasant encounter. It's often filled with pain but ironically, I don't feel alone in the abbey church when pain rises to the surface. I know many others who are there are partly there because they have pain to deal with. So, we all sit in the darkness of the abbey church and pray for each other and for ourselves.
I'm back to work on Monday and classes start the same day as well. Kind of a brutal beginning to the new year. To be honest, I'm not ready for it.
I guess that's it for now. Just wanted to check in and say hello. Here's today's collect:
O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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