Joy!

This is from a hymn we used to sing and also from a psalm

"In the shadow of His wing
I sing for joy."

Isn't that beautiful? Safe, loved and joyful. The shadow...just His shadow - over us is enough. And it's NOW: "I sing" (present tense). I am doing it now, not at some future date when I've become perfect.

It's like that other beloved psalm:

"The Lord IS my shepherd. What have I to fear?"

As a person who is full of fear I pray I'll remember that.

The Arrival

Our three kings who have been walking across our kitchen benches since Christmas Day have finally arrived at the nativity scene in the dining room, although in the new calendar it is not Epiphany until Sunday. But we have always celebrated it on the 6th so we stayed with it.

Light of the Gentiles we praise you. Amen

skirts

I wore a skirt at the Latin Mass after I read that one can't wear a mantilla with trousers. Well one CAN because I DID but have decided the writer was right. So I got out my (only) 2 skirts (both old) and chose one to wear. But alas, I also had to wear pantyhose which I really don't like. But what a tiny sacrifice. So it's skirts every 2 weeks now. I may even get to like it!