Around the Table
“This day shall be a memorial feast for you,which all your generations shall celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD, as a perpetual institution.” Exodus 12:14
Happy Holy Thursday! I was thinking about how I was at the Jameson Distillary last year on Holy Thursday because we missed all of the Masses in Dublin. Apparently their Masses start in the morning and are done for the most part by 1pm. WE did not know this. So we missed Mass. But we thought it was actually kind of poetic that we ended up lifting some Jameson and saying a quick prayer in a cask surrounded room in one of the most Catholic countries in the world. It felt kind of sacred in the early Christian sense.
The same can be true for this Holy Thursday, because even though our usual traditions can't be experienced, we can experience our families all gathered around our table. I noticed last night as we sat down for dinner how this part of the "Stay Home" practice is something we all like. The routine is comfortable and familiar. We talk about whatever we happen to talk about. It feels simple and solid. So, since I have adult children and a teenager, I cannot help but to give thanks for that.
I hope that in whatever way you find yourself engaging in this holy day, you remember that the only thing that matters is that we get to the other side. Allow yourself to lower the demands you may put on yourself for this weekend. Make a new tradition. Take a moment to be still. Enjoy the small stuff.
How are you feeling this week?
Happy Holy Thursday! I was thinking about how I was at the Jameson Distillary last year on Holy Thursday because we missed all of the Masses in Dublin. Apparently their Masses start in the morning and are done for the most part by 1pm. WE did not know this. So we missed Mass. But we thought it was actually kind of poetic that we ended up lifting some Jameson and saying a quick prayer in a cask surrounded room in one of the most Catholic countries in the world. It felt kind of sacred in the early Christian sense.
The same can be true for this Holy Thursday, because even though our usual traditions can't be experienced, we can experience our families all gathered around our table. I noticed last night as we sat down for dinner how this part of the "Stay Home" practice is something we all like. The routine is comfortable and familiar. We talk about whatever we happen to talk about. It feels simple and solid. So, since I have adult children and a teenager, I cannot help but to give thanks for that.
I hope that in whatever way you find yourself engaging in this holy day, you remember that the only thing that matters is that we get to the other side. Allow yourself to lower the demands you may put on yourself for this weekend. Make a new tradition. Take a moment to be still. Enjoy the small stuff.
How are you feeling this week?
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